The best restaurants for kids are the kind where it doesn't matter if they run around like, well, kids. Pepz (yes, with a Z) is a throwback to pizza parlors of old, where the little ones can disappear into the small arcade in the back. On weekends, each of the branches of this OC-only mini-chain is full of sport teams and activity clubs. The pizza and salads are good fare for the family, and when the noise level gets too crazy, there's beer and wine with which the adults can drown their sorrows. $$