Kid-Friendly Restaurants in Bellaire

Pizza, burgers and subs

MOD Pizza, at 5103 Bellaire Blvd., lets customers order online for pickup or delivery, and its website lists more than 30 toppings. At MOD Pizza each child can pick their own toppings, because the pizza is built to order with unlimited toppings at one price. The restaurant lists hours from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on most days and until 11 p.m. from Thursday to Saturday.

Luigi's Pizzeria, at 4505 Bissonnet St., is a pizza restaurant on Bissonnet Street, and pizza is often all a family needs to know. It lists hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on most days, with a 10 p.m. close on Friday and Saturday and a noon opening on Sunday.

Lankford's - Bellaire, at 5208 Bissonnet St., is a family-owned burger restaurant that its website says was established in 1937 and is now in its third generation of family ownership. The menu runs to fresh-made burgers and milkshakes, and the restaurant lists hours from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday, until 9 p.m. from Wednesday to Friday, and from 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A self-pour wall of 20 Texas craft beers, priced by the ounce, is for the adults at the table, and the site also mentions catering and private party spaces, which is handy for a birthday.

Jersey Mike's, at 5107 Bellaire Boulevard, is a submarine sandwich shop where the meat and cheese are sliced in front of you and the bread is baked in the store, according to its website. It posts hours from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day of the week, which makes it an easy lunch or early dinner. The website also mentions catering, with subs by the box and by the bag for larger groups.

A menu for the kids

The '401, at 6700 Ferris St., lists lunch, brunch and dinner on its website, and it offers kids menus, daily specials and a happy hour for the grown-ups. The restaurant posts hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays, with a 10 a.m. start on Saturday and Sunday.

Auntie Pasto's, at 5419 Bellaire Blvd., is an Italian restaurant, and its website also lists a kids menu and catering. The adults can look at the cilantro fettuccini with jalapeños and crawfish, and the black pepper fettuccini with shrimp, while the children choose from their own menu. It lists hours from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends.

Room to run

Evelyn's Park, at 4400 Bellaire Blvd., is a five-acre park with a natural playground built with reclaimed tree stumps and a ten-foot slide, a Great Lawn for picnics, trails and gardens. The park also has a sculpture, Move One Place On, with hidden Alice in Wonderland elements for children to hunt for.

At MOD Pizza each child can pick their own toppings, because the pizza is built to order with unlimited toppings at one price.

Betsy's, the cafe inside Evelyn's Park at 4400 Bellaire Blvd., is the easy way to combine a meal with the playground. Its website describes homemade breakfast tacos, smoothies and coffee in the morning and shared plates, sandwiches, burgers and salad bowls through the evening. Betsy's posts hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Something cold afterward

Marble Slab Creamery, at 5200 Bissonnet St., makes ice cream with mix-ins, ice cream cakes and shakes, according to the chain's website. It lists hours from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. most days and until 11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Menchie's Frozen Yogurt, at 5122 Bissonnet St., is a frozen yogurt shop on the same street, and it lists hours from noon to 10 p.m. every day. Baskin-Robbins, at 5408 Bellaire Blvd., is an ice cream shop that posts hours from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day. Marble Slab Creamery and Menchie's Frozen Yogurt are both on Bissonnet Street, close together by street number, so one stop can cover both.

Worth a drive

Holey Moley Houston, at 3839 Weslayan St., is a mini golf venue with 27 themed holes, arcade games, darts and karaoke rooms, and a bar called Caddyshack that serves wings, burgers and fried chicken sandwiches. Its website says children under 13 must be supervised by an adult before eight o'clock in the evening, and that the venue is for guests 18 and older afterward. The venue lists hours from noon to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until midnight on Friday, and from 10 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Choosing by child

For a toddler who needs to move, pick Evelyn's Park and Betsy's. For a picky eater, pick MOD Pizza or Luigi's Pizzeria, where pizza is the premise and the argument is short. For a birthday, ask Lankford's about its private party space. For a table where the adults want a real menu as well, pick The '401 or Auntie Pasto's, which both list kids menus.

Before you go

- Holey Moley Houston becomes a venue for guests 18 and older after eight o'clock, according to its website, so plan a family visit for the afternoon. - The '401 and Auntie Pasto's both list kids menus on their own websites, but confirm the current menu with the restaurant before you order. - Betsy's sits inside Evelyn's Park, so the playground can be part of the same trip. - The listing for each of the three dessert shops posts a 10 p.m. close or later, so dessert can follow an early dinner. - Hours come from business listings and can change, so confirm with the restaurant before you drive.

Sources

- Bellaire places data, HERE Bellaire: bellaire_places.json (addresses, categories and listed hours for every place named) - U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, Bellaire city, Texas: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/bellairecitytexas/ - MOD Pizza, Bellaire: https://locations.modpizza.com/usa/tx/bellaire/5103-bellaire-blvd - Lankford's Bellaire: https://bellaire.lankfordsburgers.com - Jersey Mike's, Bellaire: https://www.jerseymikes.com/15134/bellaire-tx - The '401 Table and Tap: https://the401bellaire.com - Auntie Pasto's: https://www.auntiesbellaire.com - Evelyn's Park Conservancy, About the Park: https://www.evelynspark.org/about-park - Betsy's at Evelyn's Park: https://betsysbellaire.com - Marble Slab Creamery: https://marbleslab.com - Holey Moley Houston: https://holeymoley.com/locations/houston

En español

Cerca del 27 por ciento de los residentes de Bellaire tiene menos de 18 años. En MOD Pizza, en 5103 Bellaire Blvd., cada niño arma su propia pizza con ingredientes ilimitados. Lankford's, en 5208 Bissonnet St., sirve hamburguesas y malteadas. The '401, en 6700 Ferris St., y Auntie Pasto's, en 5419 Bellaire Blvd., tienen menú infantil según sus sitios web. Evelyn's Park, en 4400 Bellaire Blvd., tiene un área de juegos natural con un tobogán de diez pies, y Betsy's, el café dentro del parque, sirve desayuno y cena. Para el postre hay Marble Slab Creamery, Menchie's Frozen Yogurt y Baskin-Robbins. Holey Moley Houston, de minigolf, admite niños menores de 13 con un adulto antes de las 8 p.m. Confirme los horarios antes de ir.