Jalisco Town Modern Mexican Grill

Comics, toys and board games to browse, and now and then an open board-game table where kids can sit down and play.

Brunch with pancakes, eggs and French toast, and the kids' side of the menu covers everyone up to twelve.

Pick beads and make your own jewelry at the tables, with staff to help with the design. Tiny loose beads, so it suits older kids more than toddlers.

Deep-dish pizza, garlic knots and baked pastas made to share, in a relaxed room where a table of three generations fits right in.

A gated playground you reach through the library's kids' area, so you can go from outdoor play to picking books without leaving.

A big tree in the middle of the kids' area, small chairs, puzzles and early-learning computers, and a gated playground just outside it.