Pit Stop
www.pitstopny.com
127 Columbia Street
718 875-4664
Lunch: 11 to 4
Dinner: 4 to 11
Saturday & Sunday Brunch: 11 to 5

This Columbia Street outpost is a great spot to bring the kids for an earlyish dinner. There is a huge backyard with a Petanque Boules (that’s French for bocce … which is Italian for lawn bowling) court which is great for racing back and forth on if you’re 8 or hucking a few boules down if you’re 80. Typical bistro fare abounds here, salads, hanger steaks, burgers and mussels and a simple kid’s menu with staples such as PB&J and chicken fingers. Part of the backyard is covered and heated so even if the smallish interior is crowded you can always grab a spot out back.