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Mom: Chili's Served My Kid An Alcoholic Mudslide!

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Davis's photo of the drink (Via WGNTV)
From what we've gathered, America's chain restaurants just don't understand the difference between alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. First a 15-month-old was served a margarita at an Applebee's, then a two-year-old was served sangria at an Olive Garden. Today, a Chicago mom is claiming her four-year-old daughter, Brooklyn (or Brooklynn), was served a Mudslide at Chili's. It's never been a better time for toddlers to get their drink on, and as long as they hand over their plastic keys to a designated driver, what's the harm?

Mom Tyree Davis says she ordered her daughter a chocolate milkshake, but was instead served a Mudslide, which contained vodka, Kahlua, and Bailey's Irish Cream. Brooklyn told her the shake tasted funny, and Davis said, "She was closing her eyes for a minute at a time, and she was telling me that her stomach hurt and her head hurt, and she just wanted to lay down." Davis drank it and tasted the alcohol, and a waitress came over and alerted her of the mixup. Davis then took Brooklyn to a local hospital, where she was treated for alcohol overdose.

However, rather than bend over and change their policies like the other restaurants, Chili's is disputing Davis's story. They say "the drink in question was served to an adult, in glass barware, not to a child or in a kids' cup." Davis says no one at the table ordered alcohol, and that she was told the waitress had only worked there a week. Well there's the problem! It takes waitresses at least three weeks of training to learn not to serve alcohol to kids.

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  • Its amazing how all these scams just keep popping up... its almost like parents that sue McDonalds for their child's obesity. I'm sorry... I think some parents are willing enough to slip their kid some alcohol in a cup, just so they can sue and get money. This cannot be continuously happening at random food chains. This is clearly another way for people to get money... its ridiculous.

  • chud_hunter

    you named your daughter Brooklyn. enough said.

  • Peanut_Butter

    No one complains about Brooklyn Decker.

  • chud_hunter

    Touché . She's probably not too bright though.

  • Guest

    the first instance might have been legit, but the rest are likely copycats looking for a fat payout.

  • Rocknrope

    How about all children under age 5 should drink nothing but water, how's that? There's a reason why we have so many fat kids in this country.

  • Seriously. Milk or water. That's it.

  • BlueberryAle

    Milk is full of sugar (that's what lactose is). It's known to rot kid teeth like nothing else. Juices are as well.

    Shielding your children from not ever having these things just makes them total junkies when they finally do have access. This same 'teach by denying' mentality is why we have so much binge drinking in young adults, highest rate of binge drinking deaths in the world. We don't trust our kids enough to moderate, or perhaps we're too lazy to show them how...

  • Spirit of 76

    No orange juice? Tomato juice? Grape, pomegranate, pineapple, apple juice? Okay, warden.

  • Spirit of 76

    Calm down. Complete deprivation isn't the key. Moderation is. Plus exercise. Let kids have some fun. I'm guessing you're not a parent.

    Besides, with the way things are going in these stories, the next kid would receive vodka instead of water.

  • Guest

    Moderation is the key to everything. Now, if we could just get everyone to jump on board. Or should we only get a moderate amount of people to?

  • Rocknrope

    You'd guess wrong. And these kinds of drinks are completely devoid of nutrition, not to mention get your kids completely hopped up. I'm not sure what kind of parent would allow a small baby or a young toddler this kind of junk.

    Kids are going to be exposed to plenty of junk food in their lives, i see no sense in getting them started on it early when you have more control over the situation. But hey, you want your kid to have a 1200 calorie shake? Go for it.

  • Spirit of 76

    I feel sorry for your kids. Parents like you help cause eating disorders because the kids will never learn moderation. Yes, they will be exposed to plenty of junk food. Which is why they should learn from an early age that it's okay to have it every once in a while instead of waiting for them to rebel and stuff themselves as soon as your back is turned. You won't be there to lord over them all their lives.

    FYI, Chili's says that shake is 690 calories, almost half of your 1200 exaggeration.

  • Rocknrope

    Don't feel sorry for my kids, they'll probably live a much better and healthier life than yours ever will.

  • BlueberryAle

    Right up until they end up dying in a creepy suicide cult, yeah.

  • Rocknrope

    Hmmm, another fatass from the peanut gallery chiming in? Who knew there were so many advocates of eating garbage?

    And yeah, a lack of sugar in the diet totally makes you join a cult. Go wolf down another Butterfinger.

  • Gothampc

    This happened to me when I was 10. I ordered an orange juice and was brought a screwdriver.

  • RabbiLaFunque

    Is the kid's name Brooklyn or Crooklyn?

  • Guest

    either way it is stupid as hell.

    "hey meet my kid, his name is DaBronx..."

  • newUsername

    it's how they control spoiled noisy brats?

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