Ruby's

Free outdoor artwork with no cover and no lighting, a daylight, fair-weather stop.

A bookstore café with a big children's section, a train set kids play with while you have your coffee, storytime and a garden to sit in.

Outer Sunset fish shack with outdoor tables and a play area, so kids move while the tacos come.

A pirate-ship playground at Sunset Dunes, with a climbable crow's nest and slide, sand to dig in for treasure and a circular xylophone.

Built around a ship you climb aboard and steer, so there's a game to play; works for toddlers up through the early school years.

Thick hoagies made to order in a bright wine shop with seats inside and out. Wrap one up and take it for a picnic.