Our children and grandchildren came in last weekend to celebrate Easter with us. Last Saturday evening we took the entire family (all 10 of us) over to Goode Company Taqueria on Kirby Drive for a casual child-friendly meal.

As we walked in, we began to look at the large menu printed on the wall just above the serving line. I was pointing out to everybody that we could order hamburgers, hot dogs, steaks or Mexican food.

Just then, four-year-old Daniel asked (what was for him) the ultimate question. In a loud voice everybody in the restaurant could hear, Daniel said: “Does this place have ketchup??”

For Daniel, that was the key question. For Daniel that was the measuring stick for a good restaurant. “Does this place have ketchup?” “If they have ketchup, then it’s O.K. here.”

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