SEATTLE, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Urbanspoon, the leading mobile restaurant discovery application and reservation management system, today released America's Most Popular Kid-Friendly Restaurants. Busy families will find great restaurant choices for a family night out, from comfy venues to mouthwatering menus.  Restaurants on Urbanspoon's 2012 America's Most Popular Kid-Friendly Restaurant list were selected based on a rating algorithm that includes blog posts on Urbanspoon, diner voting behavior, consumer reviews, critic reviews, and page views.

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"As a parent, I am always searching for restaurants that satisfy both my palate and my children's with an understanding wait staff in a relaxed dining environment," said Kara Nortman, SVP of Consumer Businesses, CityGrid Media. "Our new kid-friendly restaurant list gives families plenty of enjoyable and affordable dining options that will leave everyone full and happy from coast to coast." 

The Urbanspoon list of America's Most Popular Kid-Friendly Restaurants covers 26 states and 64 cities.  Cities with the most kid-friendly eateries include New Orleans and Austin, boasting eight and five respectively. Three restaurants each hailed from Memphis, New York, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis, and Virginia Beach.

Urbanspoon users can expect to find typical kid favorites, like pizza and grilled cheese, on the menu at many of the restaurants that made the list, but a few surprises, including a Brazilian steakhouse and famous dumpling house, are also sure to please both children and adults alike.

The complete list is included below and is available online on the Urbanspoon blog:  http://www.urbanspoon.com/blog/124/America-s-Most-Popular-Kid-Friendly-Restaurants.html

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Urbanspoon is a leading online local restaurant guide, aggregating restaurant content from across the Web including newspapers, professional food critics, bloggers and diners. Urbanspoon allows diners to make restaurant reservations through its online booking service, both on the Web and mobile. In addition, Urbanspoon offers restaurants Urbanspoon Rezbook - a complete reservation and table management system built to run on the Apple iPad. Urbanspoon is a subsidiary of CityGrid Media, LLC (www.citygridmedia.com), an IAC (NASDAQ: IACI) operating company, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

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