I understand what you're saying as we eat as often as possible as a family, including EVERY night at home, but to be honest our boys see it as a time for for them to be "grown up". When we eat at Palo the boys get to eat by themselves and I don't mean at the hotdog stand or at Topsiders but at whatever dining resturant we're rotated to. They have to order off the menu and are expected to behave as if we are there. It's their time for independence
As Paul and I very, very rarely go out with out the boys (maybe once a year, if that) we enjoy and really appreciate the "adult" nature of Palo