New & Noted
11th Nov 2005, 01:47 GMT
The Blue Manatee, a children's bookstore in Oakley, has just opened a café called Decafé, and it's not unlike a coffee shop for kids and their parents. Just as parents get their special drinks with funny names at a coffee shop, kids here can order organic fruit smoothies such as the George and Martha, Blueberries for Sal, the Big Orange Splot, and others named for kids'-books. There are pastries from Frieda's Bakery, organic baby food, little bowls of Cheerios, and healthy snacks. Both restrooms are labeled Potty, and the chairs are mostly kid-sized. Decafé will be open longer hours than the bookstore, from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday.