Massachusetts Pizza Joint Kicks Out Unruly Family and Defends Why

Dragon Pizza in Somerville, Massachusetts set the internet on fire after kicking out an unruly family.

The owner of Dragon Pizza chatted with the Boston Globe about what he called the 'Bermuda Triangle' for a pizza shop. It was recently Pi Day, St. Patrick's Day weekend, and a Friday! That's when he had to kick a family out of his very family-friendly restaurant for the first time.

Massachusetts pizza owners post explanation of kicking out family on Instagram

The owner Charlie Reed posted an explanation on Instagram and a 'punch list' for all customers. This has the internet taking sides.

1: We welcome all children dining in our restaurant with open arms.

2: We do not welcome parents who do not want to share a dining experience with the children.

3: We love sharing our games with children. Who wouldn’t?!

4: We loath [sic] parents who use our games as babysitters while they ignore their children and let them damage and abuse our games.

5: We think our pizza is the best, worthy of respect, and cherish children who agree.

6: We do not appreciate parents who treat our pizza as a cheap, simple option to feed their children until they can have their own dinner.

The internet is divided over Massachusetts pizza parlor kicking out family

We are very familiar with this scenario, parents let their kids go wild and be kids in a family restaurant. Remember Marcy's Diner in Portland? 10 years ago, Marcy's chef/owner Darla Neugebauer made national headlines when she went to a table, pounded her fists, and said, 'This has got to stop!'

READ MORE: Darla From Marcy’s Diner Has Fun With Viral Controversy [VIDEO]

Kids just being kids...

Where do you land with this? Hard to know exactly without having been there, but it's pretty easy to imagine. Here's the Instagram post. If you've got kids, you know sometimes things get out of control. If you don't have kids, you have seen both good and bad behavior. Reed told the Boston Globe,

I trained my staff in the very beginning that having kids in my restaurants is important. I made a transition when I became a parent because I cared to engage children and involve kids in my menu and in the dining room, this has always been a part of my business model.

I can easily see both sides, but tend to side with the pizza parlor on this one.