SAN FRANCISCO, July 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OpenTable, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPEN) (www.opentable.com), a leading provider of free, real-time online restaurant reservations for diners and reservation and guest management solutions for restaurants, today announced the winners of its 2009 Diners' Choice Awards for Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants. For diners wondering where to take the kids out to eat this summer, help is at hand with 50 fun suggestions. The list of winners is derived from more than 2.5 million reviews submitted by OpenTable diners for more than 9,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
"The chaos of dining out with the kids can vex even the calmest of parents," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable's dining expert. "But, this year's Diners' Choice list for the most kid-friendly dining options gives moms and dads new ideas for restaurants providing family-friendly fare plus ambiance all across the country."
Based on feedback collected from OpenTable diners between July 2008 and June 2009, the following 50 restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, received the highest scores from OpenTable diners, indicating that they were considered among the top restaurants for kid-friendly dining. For more information about this list, please visit http://www.opentable.com/kids.
The 2009 Winners of OpenTable's Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant Awards
. America - Washington, DC
. BarBersQ - Napa, CA
. Black Angus Steakhouse (Blossom Hill) - San Jose, CA
. Black Angus Steakhouse - Dublin, CA
. Black Angus Steakhouse - Pleasant Hill, CA
. Black Angus Steakhouse - San Lorenzo, CA
. Black Angus Steakhouse - Sunnyvale, CA
. Blue Smoke - New York, NY
. Bluegrass - Highland Park, IL
. Buca di Beppo - San Francisco, CA
. Cafe Fleuri - Boston, MA
. Cap City Fine Diner & Bar Gahanna - Gahanna, OH
. Carmine's 91st Street - New York, NY
. CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar - Foxboro, MA
. Chenery Park - San Francisco, CA
. Clyde's - Chevy Chase, MD
. DiNardo's Famous Seafood - Philadelphia, PA
. Dinosaur Bar B Que - New York, NY
. Durgin Park - Boston, MA
. El Cholo Cafe - La Habra, CA
. Fleet Landing Restaurant & Bar - Charleston, SC
. Ivar's Acres of Clams - Seattle, WA
. L. Woods Tap and Pine Lodge - Lincolnwood, IL
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Bellevue, WA
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Boca Raton, FL
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Bridgewater, NJ
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Hackensack, NJ
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Skokie, IL
. Maggiano's Little Italy - Woodland Hills, CA
. Margaritaville - Glendale, AZ
. Mity Nice Grill - Chicago, IL
. Musashi's Japanese Steakhouse - Oklahoma City, OK
. Pacific Catch - San Francisco, CA
. Paradise Cove Beach Cafe - Malibu, CA
. Raglan Road Irish Pub - Lake Buena Vista, FL
. Ruby Foo's Times Square - New York, NY
. Sam's Chowder House - Half Moon Bay, CA
. Scoozi - Chicago, IL
. Speisekammer - Alameda, CA
. Summer Shack - Boston, MA
. Summer Shack - Cambridge, MA
. The Cottage Restaurant - Wellesley, MA
. The Paddock at Devon - Wayne, PA
. The Pirates' House - Savannah, GA
. The Twisted Fork - Raleigh, NC
. Tony's Di Napoli Upper East Side - New York, NY
. Tony's Di Napoli Midtown - New York, NY
. Virgil's - New York, NY
. Yankee Pier - San Jose, CA
. Zingerman's Roadhouse- Ann Arbor, MI
"From family-style Italian faves and steakhouses, to barbeque pits and seafood shacks-the restaurants on this list demonstrate that dining out with the kids is no longer a juvenile experience. The good news for parents is that great food is being paired with child-friendly service at many of today's most popular eateries," added Potter.
For more information on kid-friendly dining, please visit Potter's "Dining Check" blog on OpenTable at http://blog.opentable.com.
About OpenTable, Inc.
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