more outdoor eating

Just shy of two months, Taiyo is seriously in the terrible-two's territory. He was in quite funky mood all morning, getting into fits everytime I turned off "Dora," refusing to change, fussing over milk, exploding when he couldn't put his croc on by himself. I managed to get him to the laundromat, and while doing the wash, went around the corner to Pause Cafeon Clinton near Houston. I said to Taiyo, "Let's go get 'oishi juusu(delicious juice),' then he chanted, "oishi juusu, oishi juusu." We always get a warm welcome there and the friendly owner gives him a baby size cookie. So it's pretty kid friendly, but stroller access is poor. There's a rather high step up from the street, and there's no room inside anyway. They also make nice sandwiches there, but today Taiyo's mind was set for juusu. We got apple, beet, carrot juice and he drank most of the 16oz on the outside bench. Then later we hit Hester Street Fair.
There's some food options available like pulled pork sandwich or lobster roll. We settled for a pork empanada by La Sonrisa. We had to wait for a few minutes since it was to hot, but this was another winning food. Not messy, and pretty tasty (although a bit too salty.) It's basically a large fried dumpling! But he refused to bite into it. He had to break off a little piece and eat it. He kept asking for more- so that was the verdict: a winner! There's usually not much room around the picnic tables at this popular Saturday market, but the co-op next door opens up their gate to a lawn area, and there's a plenty of outdoor eating area. There's bunch of interesting handcrafted stuff to browse around the market, from clothes, jewery to stuffed animals, and there's a nice spacious Seward Park for kids to run around afterwards. There's also an escalator up close to the ground at the nearby East Broadway F train stop.