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Chatham Bars Inn offers three family-friendly restaurants of different ambiences and cuisine. All of the restaurants (with the exception of the Harbor View) offer kids' menus that include grill chicken, salads, and other healthy options in addition to the standard offerings of mac n' cheese, chicken fingers, and burgers. High chairs, booster seat, drawing paper and crayons are also provided.
The Sacred Cod
Of the restaurants, the best for families is a tavern-style dining room called The Sacred Cod. This dining venue provides comfortable booths and tables, serving original house-made pastas, fresh-caught seafood, and steaks (as well as a $23 double cheeseburger with bacon and truffle oil.)
The Beach House
For lunch in summer, the more casual ambience of The Beach House hits the spot. An upscale version of the New England clam shack, it offers blackened fish tacos, beer-battered fish n' chips, and its justly famous lobster rolls, which are piled high with fresh, buttered lobster meat with a minimum of filler. On select nights, the Beach House also offers an embarrassment of riches in the form of a prix fixe clambake dinner, with raw bar, steamed lobster straight from the sandpit, and peach crumble for dessert.
Veranda
Also a great option for lunch, with or without kids, is the Veranda restaurant, which offers its own raw bar, grilled lobster, and gourmet Panini sandwiches and pizzas, served at outdoor tables with a view of the waves.
Harbor View Room
The only dining option where children are not allowed is the main dining room, the Harbor View Room, which retains the formal character it has for the past century, with crystal chandeliers and panoramic ocean views through floor-to-ceiling windows. The food here is anything but stuffy; however, it includes subtly experimental dishes ranging from littlenecks steamed in lemongrass broth to lobster ravioli with vanilla froth. Chief among its offerings, of course, are grilled filet of beef and lobsters. While it's possible to walk in, tables get full up in the summer weekends, when a reservation is in order.
Chatham Restaurants
Nearby Chatham also has several good choices for family-friendly dining that tends to be cheaper than the meals at the resort. Try The Chatham Squire for a townie tavern with great beer and clam chowder and Marion's Pie Shop for dessert.
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