Yay! Cappy's open for lunch! I've been waiting for something like this. I hope its as good a deal as the Old Northeast lunch special in St. Pete!

Bravo! Cappy's is now on my favs list and we will be there again soon! Parents need to stop and think that not everyone appreciates your "little bundle of joy" and does not want to hear it screaming. Let’s not forget when the little tike runs into the legs of 85 year old woman almost sending her sprawling or a server trying to work! Raise your kids to be polite in public at least or take them home!

Cappy's should not just discriminate against families with children as the sign should state "Anyone being disruptive or unsafe will be asked to leave". I have seen plenty of loud and obnoxious adults who have consumed far too many alcoholic beverages in Cappy's and then they get in their cars and drive home. Now who is being unsafe and irresponsible?

It is laughable that the owner is comparing their atmosphere to Chucky Cheese; I wonder if the owner has ever been to a Chuck Cheese because the atmosphere is completely different. It is a rare occasion that I have seen kids running wild in Cappy's for that past several years. Raise your kids to be polite; how about adults be polite as well.

The problems are not the kids it's the parents. Today lots of parents don't teach kids to behave in public places.They shoul remember the respect that we have to have to our parents way back. It was RESPECT not only to their parents but to the place were ever it was if you don't behave you will going to get it at home. Trust me I would never desrepect my parents in public places. Cappy's is just making a GOOD point here.

I forgot the most important point here. The sad part is when the kids get injured inside the property because of his not normal behavior and parents that don't do nothing about it and this is very popular in USA. LET'S SUE THE STORE. I'm pretty sure there going to hire a lawywer right away

It's a sad statement on our society that a restaurant has to literally spell out the expectation that parents should watch their kids.

Crappy's sucks. The employees are disinterested and the food is mediocre. We don't eat there anymore.

Thank you Cappy’s!!! Great, long overdue move. Hope it works. As a loyal customer of Cappy’s delicious pizza, I’ve had to resort to being only a Take-Out customer for this very reason. Families walk in – parents “check out”. If the so-called offended parents would actually behave like parents and pay attention to their kids, we’d all benefit and Cappy’s will continue to grow as a valued neighborhood business. Way to go Scooter!

Some parents don't give a crap about how their kids behaviour effects others.....We are all not there looking for a venue to keep our kids busy while we take a break from being parents. I'd consider my other options when choosing to dine out if my last trip somewhere consisted of bad parents and their undisciplined children running around. CAN'T CONTROL THEM, CAN'T FEED THEM WITH GOVERNMENT....DON'T HAVE THEM.

Wow, so thrilled that Cappy's did this. But sad that they would even have to do so! Of course, it's not a fine dining establishment, but why should anyone have to be subjected to kids screaming, playing in the aisles, and running around like it's their backyard? Cappy's isn't a daycare. It's a restaurant.

It does say they have to leave and, here's my beef... I'm a behavior analyst and I work with parents whose kids are out of control. Kids (believe it or not) do not come with a manual and it's not necessarily that these parents are terrible. i also work primarily with children with autism whose families often speak of feeling like they are on "autism island" (a few of which have gone there quite frequently)... what about them? This is these parents worse fear and a reason many isolate themselves from the community and stay home. I get the sentiment... I don't have kids. I get annoyed, but I also try to be accepting of people with all kind of differences and worry about my own business. I'm disappointed in Cappy's and, frankly, i'd love to bring some clients in to work on their behavior in the community just to show them how hard these parents are trying.

One more thing... if Cappy's is willing to be family friendly as they state and would sill like to remediate the problem in a way that helps rather than hurts the community, why not offer activities for kids to do and to keep them busy? I'd be happy to help

A restaurant is not a playground. It's a place where people go to eat and enjoy themselves, something that they are paying their hard-earned cash to do. Letting kids run around without supervision while there are servers rushing around with trays of hot pizza is not responsible parental behavior. Granted, Cappy's is a pizza place. I understand wanting to take kids there. But, if they're eating at a restaurant, they should be sitting at the table with their parents. These same parents that are letting their kids run around the restaurant and complaining about "discrimination" would be the first ones to freak out when hot pizza lands on top of their child. And who would get blamed for that? Cappy's.

Cappy's is not discriminating against families, they are merely putting a foot down and stating the obvious. If your kids aren't going to behave in the restaurant, get your pizza to go. Don't ruin other's restaurant experience.

My husband and I always get carryout if we get Cappy's Pizza, one reason for me personally has been wanting a quiet meal out, and kids do seem to be running around Cappy's in the past. Maybe all the toy decor gives them an element of subconscious permission? And the hour doesn't seem to matter, it's pretty common to see 3 year olds at 9 pm at restaurants, so going out later isn't the guarentee it used to be. Sometimes when we call to place an order, we are on hold for a long time, so when you are sucessful, you can put more conditions on your business; I'm sure if the place was empty the tone could be different on this subject. I work at Ginger Snips Salon behind Starbucks, and there is a sign that a chain Pizza place is going in the empty building next door. [Pappa Johns]. Maybe that will have a more family friendly [let your kids run around atmosphere]. The owner of Cappy's is right, you can't please everyone.

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I have seen the staff at Cappy's be very cocky and arrogant even without children present. They think their sh.. doesn't stink. I strongly disagree with the sign. I for one will never go there again and will strongly discourage my friends from ever going there again. The pizza at Cappy's is ok, I think the pizza at ABC is just as good and the salad at ABC is much better. Thanks to ABC for welcoming all the little league teams and all the other children.

Love this move, I think all restaurants should have a reminder to parents to keep there children in line. I have been out to dinner with friends, to only be embarrassed by their children's behavior, now I only go to dinner w/ families who set good examples to being in public and who respect others. I commend Cappy's and hope this will result in many other restaurants following suite.

Cappy's has awful customer service. Never in my life have I ever seen a business so anti-customer. They only take cash (who carry's cash??), the get very upset if you don't "sign in", and the other day I called ahead to get my pizza made and they wouldn't let me sit down to eat it because they said it was takeout so I had to take it out. What???? There were open seats.... Now this whole anti-family atmosphere. I think they actually resent their customers. If there was another place to get the chicago style pizza around here I would dump cappy's in a heartbeat. I already do business with them about 1/3 of the amount of time I probably would if I felt that they appreciated my business or took cards.

I have a laundry list of complaints about Cappy's, which is why I haven't eaten there in years. From what I've heard, the food still takes forever and the service is still horrible. I would venture to say that the longer children have to wait for food, the greater opportunity there is for misbehavior!

I'd like to know what the line is. At what point does a kid being a kid (laughing, walking from the booth to the arcade game) become grounds for being asked to leave? Also, what factor does the type of restaurant play?