Attention parents: I Trulli will not serve your kids buttered macaroni. In an attempt to ween parents off their dependence on oversimplified children's menus, restaurateur Nicola Marzovilla took to the Times to announce, "Children’s menus are the death of civilization." Bold words in a city where much adored Fornino was almost boycotted for not having one. But Marzovilla argues that if children are old enough to eat out, they're old enough to try new things. “It’s about nutrition, it’s about family; you go right down the line. And the children’s menu is about the opposite — it’s about making it quick, making it easy, and moving on."
Marzovilla practices what he preaches, and now has an 11-year-old who apparently loves snails. I Trulli also has a menu with some simpler, kid-friendly dishes like "Fresh and Fried Pasta, with Tomato and Chickpeas" or "Baby Calzones Filled with Tomato and Mozzarella," which at $12 sounds like a way better deal than $32 for spaghetti in tomato sauce. Marzovilla says it's a parent's duty to "mold" their children, and asked, “If you don’t ask your children to try things, how will they ever know what they’re capable of?” Score one for the non-breeders?
