John Fremont Park

A burger place on R Street with its own beer for you and plain burgers, grilled cheese and hot dogs on the kids' menu.

A Midtown Italian and pizza place that local guides keep naming, with plenty of pizza and pasta a kid will actually eat.

Forty acres of lawn and huge old trees around the Capitol, with a rose garden and plenty of squirrels to chase. No playground, so think picnic and a run on the grass after a Capitol tour.

A Midtown taproom with Neapolitan and Detroit-style pizza and a real kids' menu, so the brewery stop works for everybody.

Suites at the edge of Capitol Park.

Free tours of the Capitol itself, with lawns outside for the kids to run on.