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My wife and I have a fun mission, in more ways than one. We’re expecting our first baby in April and among the adjustments we are sure to make is a little less fine dining. Before the baby comes, the mission is to hit up places that aren’t so kid friendly. A marathon of fine dining to mark celebrate this life transition, to anticipate the coming baby and to enjoy some nice dinners without barf on our shirts or hurrying back to the babysitter. Here are some of the ground rules:

• Sushi is out. There are some options for my wife to safely eat, like eel and cooked shrimp, but it’s a bit torturous for me to eat luscious tuna in front of her.
• Steak is in. Iron is good! Craft? Mastros? ….Cut? (sorry baby, no college for you)
• We’re trying to stay away from places that we have been, although Hatfield’s was our favorite meal from last year and we might cave on that one. Besides, their space is so small, we could never wheel a stroller in there.
• On that note, crowded, loud, pretentious spots preferred. It’s adult time!
• Our time is limited. April is coming sooner than you think and we have some there plans between now and then
• Wine lists aren’t important, but places that have creative non-alcoholic drinks are nice (like Luna Park’s drink list)

So then, if you could pick six restaurants to eat at before your baby comes, where would you go?

By Jonah (see more of his posts). Jonah is the founder of la.foodblogging and also created Digesty, a food blog aggregator and Cheww.com, a spam free foodblog search engine.