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Where kids eat like kings: Children’s menus for grown-up palates

Rachel Nania | rnania@wtop.com

January 11, 2017, 2:00 AM

The main course on the Petit Gourmand children's tasting menu at Trummer's on Main: a beef shortrib stroganoff, served with homemade paparadelle pasta. (Courtesy Dusty Lockhart)
Many fine-dining restaurants in the area offer tasting menus听鈥� but offers a tasting menu specifically for youngsters. At in Clifton, Virginia, foodies who are 14 and under can听dine on a progressive feast of fried arancini, cheeses and charcuterie,听beef stroganoff, horseradish-crusted organic salmon and an ultimate ice cream sundae. 鈥淭he idea is to introduce [kids] to some new ingredients, while still finding textures and flavors that work well for their palate, and exposing them to this type of dining and just the natural progression where our meals go from lighter fare to heavier,” Austin听Fausett, former chef of Trummer’s on Main, in an earlier interview. (Courtesy Dusty Lockhart)
Courtesy Dusty Lockhart
A dish of mussels roasted with pine needles is displayed during a cooking demonstration at the both annual Maine Fishermen's Forum, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Rockport, Maine. Maine fishermen set a state record with a catch valued at more than $585 million in 2014. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
听 Forget fish sticks: , with locations in Potomac, Maryland and Northwest D.C., serves its youngest diners grilled salmon, garlic butter mussels and mini crabcakes.听There’s also the option of an Angus burger and buttered noodles听鈥� and house-made sodas to wash it all down. (AP Images)
AP Images
If there鈥檚 one word that describes a traditional Italian woman dedicated to the craft of hand-rolling sheets of fresh pasta, it鈥檚 鈥渟foglina.鈥� That word also happens to the the name of Fabio Trabocchi鈥檚 newest D.C. restaurant. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Audi)
The 听eatery听from award-winning restaurateurs听Fabio and Maria听Trabocchi caters to even the youngest of its customers. The kids’ menu at Sfoglina includes buffalo milk burrata, prosciutto, beef short ribs and polenta, pappardelle and gnocchi. (Getty Images)
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Silver Diner currently runs 15 locations in Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey, as well as its more upscale Silver concept and Silver Diner Airport. (Courtesy Silver Diner/Eric Vance)
You won’t feel bad about letting your little one eat “diner food” at Silver Diner. The听pancakes are听quinoa-coconut, the hot dogs are all-beef and nitrate free, and the chicken tenders are antibiotic and hormone-free, served with strawberries or veggies. There are also options like a side of brown rice, a plate of sustainable teriyaki salmon and berry yogurt shakes. (Courtesy Silver Diner/Eric Vance)
Courtesy Silver Diner/Eric Vance
听 Takoma Park tots have their choice of cheesy baked grains and summer vegetables, or crispy Gulf shrimp and Virginia catfish at Republic. There’s also house-made chicken fingers, a hamburger from Virginia’s Smith Meadows Farm and rigatoni听with basil-tomato sauce. (Courtesy Silver Diner/Eric Vance)
At 听Urbana, kids can build their own pizza, slurp house-made tagliatelle听with Bolognese sauce, or听sink into a piece of grilled Norwegian salmon with roasted potatoes and saut茅ed spinach.听Crudit茅s with hummus, glazed baby carrots and fresh fruit and berries are options for sides. (草莓传媒/Rachel Nania)
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Old Ebbitt Grill is the highest-grossing restaurant in D.C., according to Restaurant Business. (Courtesy Old Ebbitt Facebook)
听 There’s no need to book a baby sitter the next time you make plans to eat at Old Ebbitt Grill听鈥� the kids can come along. The children’s menu at the iconic D.C. restaurant lists听panko-crusted fish and chips with lemon and tartar sauce, saut茅ed Maine cod, grass-fed cheeseburger sliders and salmon teriyaki.   (Courtesy Old Ebbitt Grill)
Courtesy Old Ebbitt Grill
听 House-made听pappardelle with olive oil and roasted carrots, and smoked chicken breast with crispy potatoes are two options for little ones at H Street’s DC Harvest.   (Courtesy DC Harvest)
Courtesy DC Harvest
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The main course on the Petit Gourmand children's tasting menu at Trummer's on Main: a beef shortrib stroganoff, served with homemade paparadelle pasta. (Courtesy Dusty Lockhart)
A dish of mussels roasted with pine needles is displayed during a cooking demonstration at the both annual Maine Fishermen's Forum, Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Rockport, Maine. Maine fishermen set a state record with a catch valued at more than $585 million in 2014. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
If there鈥檚 one word that describes a traditional Italian woman dedicated to the craft of hand-rolling sheets of fresh pasta, it鈥檚 鈥渟foglina.鈥� That word also happens to the the name of Fabio Trabocchi鈥檚 newest D.C. restaurant. (Photo by Lisa Lake/Getty Images for Audi)
Silver Diner currently runs 15 locations in Maryland, Virginia and New Jersey, as well as its more upscale Silver concept and Silver Diner Airport. (Courtesy Silver Diner/Eric Vance)
Old Ebbitt Grill is the highest-grossing restaurant in D.C., according to Restaurant Business. (Courtesy Old Ebbitt Facebook)

WASHINGTON 鈥� Kids’ menus are getting a major makeover.

At many restaurants in the D.C. area, greasy chicken fingers, bland burgers and savorless spaghetti听are out; flavorful fish fillets, grass-fed beef sliders and house-made pastas are in.

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