Not after that chewing-out by the police department, I can't.

Can you imagine doing such scary thing as WALKING?

I mean their only point is really if the kids didn't have their "winter clothes on", which would be pretty unlikely on a bike, and I would think in a car, for the most part. I guess it depends where you're going, but that still seems like it would be a good idea, just before you leave the house, generally. I don't think walking into a restaurant, for maybe the minute from the parking space to the door, is going to be a more substantial amount of time, that you would have to have your "winter clothes" on for, compared to if you were entering any other building. I dunno, the tradeoff might be easier in terms of like, without winter clothes, it's easier to get your kids to go potty or change them, but that's kind of a moot point anyways, because most honda odysseys don't have toilets in them, and restaurants do.

Waiting in lines is going to be a problem regardless of whether or not you're in a car. It might be easier in a car, since you have more direct control of your children, but if you're walking, a stroller would be the best analogue for that, and you should probably have that anyways, if you're taking your toddlers for a walk.

It's also not as though walkable restaurants can't necessarily have outdoor ordering windows, hole-in-the-wall style, maybe helping to prevent the flu or what have you. If that's a major concern, though, I think a mask would be a bigger help. Maybe not for kids, they're kinda too gross for that. You could probably leave a kid inside of your little kid bike trailer, or kid's seat on the back or whatever, while you walk up to the hole in the wall and order your food, since they're in view the whole time, and that wouldn't be very inconvenient. I would think the only problem would be if you were going inside. There are some cool options for bike trailer strollers, if you wanted to just detach your kids from your bike, and then just like, go straight inside, but that's kind of a hassle, I haven't seen a good one since they all have to be overbuilt bike trailers first, and strollers second. Someone might make a good amount of schmoney if they could really nail that concept.

In any case, all their points are moot and bad and cars are bad and dumb.

Putting a child in and out of a bike carrier is a ton easier compared to a car seat. It's not really an issue.

Not trying to downplay the right to your opinion but I feel like there has to be a better way to allow parents to enjoy options while also not making restaurants hostile to pedestrians

You may have noticed already that I disagree with your reasoning for using a drive-thru, but you are not wrong that they make life easier, and I'm not even saying that you shouldn't use them. I'm just saying that kids can handle a brief bit of cold.

As a person who became disabled a few years back, I wish many, many more places would have drive through or order and pick-up without having to get out of your car. It's a valuable service. I just think it's over utilized by people who don't need it, which is bad for the environment and not great for how little exercise people already get (walking from the back of the parking lot is not the end of the world, people).

The pandemic was kind of a lifesaver for a lot of us. Suddenly delivery options and order for pickup options have become available where we used to have to struggle to go into these places. It's great. It's not great for the environment or for most people's health, but it's great for those who really need it.

Sonic works well without the drive through needed.