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Related: About this forumFido Al Fresco? NY Weighs Allowing Outdoor Dining With Dogs
NEW YORK May 23, 2015, 1:53 PM ET
Never mind the doggie bag: Spot wants a seat at the outdoor table, or rather under it.
New York is considering whether to join a growing number of states that give pet dogs legal entree, if not actual entrees, at open-air eateries.
Dog lovers and restaurateurs say the proposal would safely accommodate people who want to dine out with man's best friend in places from Manhattan sidewalk cafes to country ice cream stands. But a statewide health officials' group is against it, and at least one lawmaker is raising questions, and some restaurant-goers fear an onslaught of begging, barking, biting and other doggie don'ts or, worse, doggie dos.
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Aficionados counter that dogs hang out safely in home kitchens and even make hospital visits. California, Florida, Maryland, New Mexico and some other states and communities around the country have opened restaurant patios to dogs within the last decade; North Carolina even approved cats, too.
Link: http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/fido-al-fresco-ny-weighs-allowing-outdoor-dining-31258267
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Could be wrong, but I think in Europe this is rather common place?
shenmue
(38,506 posts)hollysmom
(5,946 posts)since when, It is out doors - what? Now there are a few restaurants down the shore that let you eat outside with your dog, but no official city restaurants. At the beach you are usually eating on picnic tables at a take out place.