Parents get royally shafted in the dining out department. Choices typically vacillate between places that are just way too fancy (and where kids and their harried parents are pretty much guaranteed to get the ol' stink-eye from patrons and servers alike) or mass market corporate chains with really boring food and zero ambience. Surely, the folks who are helping to shape the future minds of America deserve a little bit better than that.

With that in mind, the New Times has put together a list of ten of the best family-friendly/kid-friendly places to dine in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Sure, there are a few, smaller niche chains included on this list, but mostly you'll find family-owned, independent joints that just happen to make it easy for parents to bring their kids for a meal. Know of a spot we missed? Be sure to leave it in the comments section.