Kid-friendly restaurants in Columbus

A comfort-food diner whose kids' menu has the house meatloaf with mashed potatoes and fish and chips, and baby food is on the house.

A Japanese restaurant running since 1986, with sushi, rolls and cooked dishes from the kitchen, part of a small Japanese market and bakery.

Food hall with lots of restaurants across its floors, and games in some of them.

Pizza with dough made fresh every day, and a glass-walled kitchen where kids can watch it tossed high in the air.

Hot dogs from plain to piled high, in beef, vegan and vegetarian, plus the Octodog, a hot dog octopus on mac and cheese.

Distillery pub with a kids menu at brunch and dinner, extra-big high chairs and picnic tables out back.

Lively tavern where the french bread pizza on the kids' menu is a favorite, and nobody minds a little noise.