Indoor Playground May Not Exist!

This is a question that I have asked quite often when I tell people that I own a drama café. "Is that like an indoor play gym with slides and rock climbing structures and trampolines?" I guess that's what happens when you introduce a totally new concept to your city.
Indoor playgrounds have been around for a while, and there are lots of of these in our city of Burlington and neighbouring cities of Oakville and Hamilton. They're the places that you take your kids to when they want to burn off their energy when it is too cold out to go to the playground, or whenever you do not need them to tear your house apart. They are the places where your kids can run around through mazes, climb ropes, and slide down slides and let out all the mad!
It was actually at an indoor playground that the notion of Chickadee Family Cafe was born within my head. I had taken my then two-and-a-half year old into a favorite indoor play space within our hometown Burlington and tried to keep him up as he ran down slides and throughout mazes. I crouched into miniature corners chasing my little man around and came out completely exhausted (proceed, insert jokes about how out of shape I am here).
When I emerged from the drama arrangements, I looked at the other parents. Many were standing about trying to maintain a visual in their kids' whereabouts. Some were phoning their kids indoor playground' names, hoping that they weren't stuck in a maze...'cause c'mon, we all know no adult really wants to have to climb all the way up those arrangements to retrieve a crying kid. Mostly, they looked exhausted and tired. Perhaps their kids awakened at 6am too.
I had fun with my son, that was the major aim of going to the indoor playground, but at a place full of other moms and dads around my age with kids around my son's age, there was a huge opportunity for building connection with my community that I felt was completely missed. As a new resident of Burlington I wanted to connect with other parents. But the atmosphere didn't really lend itself to having an actual conversation.
I began to research what was out there for a few superior mother -- son time that didn't need me to crawl on my hands and knees and then squeeze my butt through a tunnel fit for a toddler. I discovered drama cafes. Play cafes are comparatively new to Canada, but have been around the united kingdom, Australia and the US for years. A play café combines the needs of both parents and children, fueling parents with caffeinated beverages while supplying ample play area for children to explore and have fun.
Play cafes accept the community-focused way of a café and include a play space for kids. In Chickadee Family Caféwe supply that coffee shop atmosphere that you're used to sipping your latte in as well as a fun child-friendly environment filled with toys and imaginative based play activities. Once the play area is closed along with the kiddos are in bed, our space can quickly transform in a day meeting area for parent workshops, a couples' date night or a meeting place for mompreneurs.
While most indoor playgrounds either do not provide meals or function up fast food choices or vending machine snacks, a drama café is a full-service café with espresso based drinks and a hearty menu of healthy snacks and lunch items.
A play café is a bridge between a historical years' centre and your regional trendy café.
I hope that helped to clarify the difference between an indoor playground and a play café. We can not wait to open our doors and invite you to experience the difference for yourself.