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Brooklyn brewhaha: Babies in bars - CNN.com

Brooklyn brewhaha: Babies in bars

By Jessica Ravitz, CNN
March 2, 2010 11:39 a.m. EST
Matt Gross, and his daughter Sasha, like a good bar -- and not  just in Brooklyn. Here they visit one in San Francisco, California.
Matt Gross, and his daughter Sasha, like a good bar -- and not just in Brooklyn. Here they visit one in San Francisco, California.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Babies in bars are the subject of heated discussion in Brooklyn, where strollers rule
  • Singles don't want to watch their language, behavior; parents don't want to be shut out
  • Debate began when bar banned strollers; policy overturned after outcry, blogger says
  • Dad says he's "not knocking back double vodkas while my daughter is stumbling around"
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(CNN) -- From time to time, Sasha Raven Gross can be seen teetering around a neighborhood drinking hole. She flirts with strangers, talks gibberish and sometimes spins in circles for no apparent reason until she falls down. In one hand is her liquid of choice -- watered-down orange juice in a sippy cup.

The 14-month-old toddler is the sort of barfly who's at the center of a recurring and heated debate: Should parents be allowed to bring their babies and children to bars?

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