Mayday Ice Cream - Historic Downtown

The 1905 salad is tossed at your table, and kids like watching it get made. Tile-lined rooms for a proper sit-down meal.

A two-level 1920s-style gastropub with live music. Go early for the calmer part of the evening, and order the pretzels and milkshakes.

Gourmet ice pops picked one at a time from the case, including fruit and dairy-free flavors. A few run spicy, so read the label before your kid chooses.

A hands-on colonial workshop: rope-making, candle-dipping and weaving, pitched at about ages 3 to 10. Everyone goes home with a beeswax candle.

A proper sit-down Italian dinner that still works with kids, with personal cheese pizzas, pasta and mozzarella bites on their own menu.

Real shipwreck artifacts and treasure, hands-on displays and a small theater. Some of it covers the Titanic, so sensitive kids may have questions.