Forest City Brewery — Restaurant in Cleveland

First and foremost - I'm a mom with three kids (twins under 5 and a 7 year old) and honestly, I respect and absolutely agree with the new policy. Sure, I'm disappointed but I have witnessed people taking advantage of this establishment. But I completely understand WHY the owner made the decision to ban children under 16.

The owner has always been nice and friendly every time my husband and I go to the brewery. Even if he was out of line - I get the frustration completely, especially when someone in the reviews stated their children were climbing on the fence. You understand WHY he was upset, right? He doesn't hate families, he's frustrated over careless parents not keeping an eye on their kids. He's frustrated that he and the staff have to be babysitters. That's not the job they signed up for.

The owner is protecting his employees and establishment. He has every right to stand up for his brewery. Given what he and the staff have put up with from others not respecting the property, it totally makes sense if he was frustrated.

He also wouldn't have to call parents out if they would keep their kids at the table and, you know, not let them run around and climb on the fence/potentially causing an incident that would make the restaurant liable for.

This is a fine example of why we can't have nice things. Lesson learned for the careless parents - teach your children how to properly act in restaurants. Stop ruining it for those who have taught their children how to behave in a public setting. In other words - do better.

Although I'm bummed because I'm a mother who taught her children how to properly act in restaurants, I'll still continue to go and support Forest City.

Also - The owner's Facebook post was respectful and honest. There was a list of family-friendly breweries nearby. Highly suggest BrewDog for those with younger kids. Their kid menu is great and if you let your kids run around,...

The Beer Garden at Forest City Brewery is an exceptional experience, worth the visit for the space alone... expecting a deck or patio with a few awnings and maybe umbrella-covered tables, I was honestly speechless as I came upon the facility, which seems to have sprung up from between two large tenement housing structures, you would be forgiven, in fact, for all together mistaking the space for perhaps a unique front courtyard-type patch of vegetation in a part of the city which does not have many other partitions like it to speak of. But not until you've traversed the main wooden gate and come fully under both the canopy of the beer gardens many old growth trees... AND... the "spell" of the canopy, the garden and it's tactile ability to envelope you utterly in some "other space," will you be able to grasp why this is so completely mesmerizing.

In fairness, it was perhaps 92 degrees on the afternoon I visited, so finding that this beer garden offered COMPLETE AMD TOTAL SHADE.. as if you've iv fact entered a structure, was almost enough in and of itself... but the stylized garden, again, the presence that the old growth trees will impress upon you, and then of course, the excellent musical attractions, live performances every Sunday afternoon and into the evening.

Personally I've never experienced a place so humbly advertised but so completely able to give a sense of changing both my location and my attitude, particularly in a tavern locale. Not to be missed if st...

I love craft beer, and I am supportive of their ban on children, for a multitude of reasons.

Drinking and driving isn't legally okay or safe. Drinking and driving with kids is a great way to put the family people claim to love and protect in danger. I don't believe breweries should be family friendly, as alcohol is for adult consumption. Why insist on having your children around while you put poison in your bodies? What example does that set? Not to mention, alcohol consumption could leave you unable to manage your children in a public environment, hint hint. Or any environment for that matter. There are plenty of other places families can go if they want to have their family and their alcohol, too. There are also some adults that have a moral compass and/or wish to live stress-free lives and not partake in alcohol consumption around children. Some people wish to enjoy carefully concocted brews in a nice peaceful setting, without mismanaged rugrats running around, making other brewery goers or their staff uncomfortable, stressed, inconvenienced, or any other feeling they shouldn't have to deal.

Everyone has different bliss and happiness. Kids have plenty of places for bliss and happiness. As do their parents. Breweries are not made for the bliss and happiness for children, but for adults to partake in adult activities, such as alcohol consumption in a nice setting, for the sake of their own bliss and happiness. I applaud Forest City for taking a stand to...