Kid-friendly places in Salt Lake City

An indoor-outdoor pool open all year, a mini fridge in every room and connecting rooms on request.

Indoor pool open all year and a summer outdoor pool, and kids pick a stuffed animal from a toy box at check-in.

Suites with a sleeper sofa in a separate sitting area, a short walk from the children's museum and planetarium.

Brewpub with wood-fired pizza, a big patio and a full kids menu.

American bistro known for its daily desserts like Toll House pie, with a kids menu and a separate kids brunch menu.

Three floors of free space exhibits, plus shows in a domed theater.

Hands-on museum built for kids under 10, with a fossil dig pit, a kid-sized helicopter and water and construction zones.

Polar bears and sea lions seen underwater at Rocky Shores, a replica steam train around the savanna and a carousel.

A wall of real dinosaur bones and hundreds of fossils, in a museum set into the foothills.

Breakfast cafe known for its sour cream hotcakes.

Diner in an old trolley car up the canyon, with mile-high biscuits and a patio beside the creek.

German deli since 1971, with sausages made fresh every day, schnitzel, apple strudel and a small German market.

Neighborhood breakfast spot across from a big park since 1982, so kids can go play outside after eating.

An eight-acre bird park inside a city park, small enough for a toddler to see all of it.