S.M.A.R.T. Cafe

This is not a fancy spot. It is a café in a kids museum. Anyhow, I was pleasantly surprised with the friendly staff, decent foot (tasty…acutally), healthy options, and nice setting. Plus, a price point that is reasonable. Will return on a future visit.

Hooray for healthy choices at the DuPage Children’s Museum! The S.M.A.R.T of the S.M.A.R.T. Café officially stands for Science, Math, Art, Reading, and Technology. For our familiy: Sandwich Magically Ate (eaten)! Rare! Tremendous! (OK, that was really bad but the food here is really good!).
They have a Pick 3 Children’s Meal option for $ 5, including drink. My little guy had a whole grilled cheese and finished it. Like finished a w-​h-​o-​l-​e honest-​to-​goodness sandwich in one setting on a lunch break in a fun, stimulating children’s museum. As a parent of a 2 year old, this is miraculous. If you are a parent of a toddler, it’s like hearing trumpets and hallelulahs. It’s like finding out that you are in the audience of Oprah’s Favorite Things when you are in the daily routine of getting stuck in the Oprah audience with the sad music playing for a downer episode on euthanasia or a special remote-​guest-​from-​prison kind of crap. Are you with me? This was beyond a hit and completely unexpected! If he could talk, I believe he would say that it was his favorite lunch ever. Since he doesn’t talk, we will let his actions of finishing a whole grilled cheese, a pouch of organic fruit snacks (50 cent upcharge), and an organic juice pouch speak for him.
The museum did a great job with the menu for kids and adults, even solid veggie options. The adult sandwiches were tasty too and we finished them (no surprise there). Boar’s Head turkey and cheese with Terra chips for 6.50. Yummy peach iced tea.