Personally I found that brunch dates (I have no young kids) worked well for me. No reasonable expectation of an bumping of the uglies being proposed, usually the places are cheery and well lit, easy to explain you have afternoon plans and certainly easier on the wallet.
And I like brunch. They often have pie.
On BD H52, W50 T27, M26 S21, D23 BD-9-Mar-16 D-15-Jan-18 Final-19-Apr-18 I am a storyteller. The story may do you no good. But a story is never for the listener. It is always for the one who tells