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Dog Friendly Restaurants in North Carolina

No need to leave Fido in the hotel room when you want to grab a bite! No matter where you’re headed, we can point you towards great restaurants in North Carolina that will welcome Fido to join you at an outdoor table. Bone appetit!

Pet Friendly Sunny Point Cafe

Sunny Point Cafe

Sunny Point Cafe

Sunny Point Cafe is a family-owned, pet-friendly cafe in Asheville, NC. They serve upscale made-from-scratch food options in a cozy atmosphere. Leashed dogs are welcome on the heated, covered outdoor patio. Menu items include salads, sandwiches, burgers, breakfast for dinner, and hearty entrees such as mighty meaty meatloaf, pork osso buco, and shrimp and grits.

Pet Friendly Pack's Tavern

Pack's Tavern

Pack's Tavern is a dog-friendly restaurant in Asheville, NC, where Fido is welcome on the enclosed patio that's heated in cooler months and has fans for the warmer months. Please note the patio is not always open, so it's best to call before venturing out with Fido. The menu features items like deviled eggs, tavern pretzels with beer cheese, breaded wings, pizza and more. Gluten-free options are also available.

The Square Root

The Square Root

The Square Root is a dog-friendly restaurant in Brevard, NC, where well-behaved pets are welcome to join you at an outdoor table on the covered patio. They offer a variety of menu choices sure to please anyone. Enjoy items such as North Carolina mountain trout, hangar steak, peach-glazed pork flat iron, cedar plank salmon, a variety of sandwiches and salads, and appetizers like the fried green tomatoes or Bavarian soft pretzel board.

Frog Level Brewing Company

Waynesville, NC

Frog Level Brewing Company

Frog Level Brewing Company, a pet-friendly brewpub in Waynesville, NC, invites furry friends to relax inside or in the outdoor beer garden by the creek. Although they don't have a full dog menu, they do have an option for Fido of diced chicken with peas and carrots! Dog owners can pair a craft beer with food items like tacos, fried green tomatoes, beer-boiled peanuts and a variety of sandwiches.

Morgan's Tavern

Morgan's Tavern

Morgan's Tavern is a dog-friendly eatery housed in a historic building in New Bern, NC. Fido is welcome to join you at a table on the outdoor patio. The "Four-Legged Friends Menu" is their dog menu that offers a choice of protein with brown rice and broccoli. Pups will want to save room for dessert, which consists of a scoop of ice cream topped with a Milk Bone treat! For humans, they serve salads, soups, seafood, pasta bowls, sandwiches, tacos, steaks, and burgers on an extensive menu.

Mulligan’s Grille in Historic Cottage Row

Mulligan’s Grille in Historic Cottage Row

Mulligan’s Grille in Historic Cottage Row is a dog-friendly seafood restaurant serving visitors and locals to Nags Head, NC. Fido is welcome to join you at a table on the pet-friendly upper deck where guests can pull up a stool at the tiki bar. Mulligan's provide a dog menu, water bowls, and your pup is sure to enjoy the fenced dog run where he can expend his energy! In addition to seafood, other choices include seasonal salads, burgers, meatloaf, plus chicken and waffles.

Fishy Fishy Cafe

Fishy Fishy Cafe

Fishy Fishy Cafe is a dog-friendly seafood restaurant in Southport, NC. Fido is welcome to join you at a table on the covered outdoor deck overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway. Start with a shrimp appetizer of your choice, then one of several entrées featuring oysters, scallops, flounder, salmon, cod, etc.

Twisted Laurel

Twisted Laurel in downtown Asheville, NC, is a dog-friendly restaurant where Fido is welcome to join you at an outdoor table on their spacious patio, where he even gets his own dog menu! For pet parents, their menu features fresh, Italian and Greek dishes. Enjoy items like Arancini, fresh Focaccia, a grilled trout BLT, Southern fried chicken, a Greek platter with pita and horiatiki salad, pizza, salads, and more.

Burial Beer Co.

Burial Beer Co.

Burial Beer Co. is dog friendly! Bring Fido to join you while you sample craft beers brewed on site. Favorites include Skillet Donut Stout, Scythe Rye IPA, Shadowclock Pils, Haysaw Saison, and Bolo Coconut Brown Ale. If you get hungry, order food from Salt & Smoke's window located on Burial Beer Co.’s patio.

Banner Elk Cafe

Banner Elk Cafe

The Banner Elk Cafe in North Carolina has a spacious outdoor seating area that is very dog friendly. You and your pup can enjoying dining, rain or shine, at an umbrella-covered table or under their covered, heated patio. There are two entrances to the outdoor area, and they allow dogs of any size. Menu favorites include shrimp po boy and blueberry pancakes.

Inlet View Bar & Grill

Inlet View Bar & Grill

Inlet View Bar & Grill is a dog-friendly restaurant in Shallotte, NC, that features fresh, fired, or grilled seafood apps and entrees. Enjoy dinner and cocktails with your pup and watch an amazing sunset from an outdoor table.

Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Blowing Rock, NC

Blowing Rock Brewing Company

Blowing Rock Brewing Company is a dog-friendly brewpub in Blowing Rock, NC, where Fido can join you on the outdoor deck. Pair one of their craft beers with menu items like baked soft pretzels, Ale House chips, a bison burger or grilled tuna sandwich.

Six Pence Pub

Blowing Rock, NC

Six Pence Pub in Blowing Rock, NC, serves traditional British dishes along with classic American fare. Choose from Scotch eggs, ploughman's lunch, deli style sandwiches, bangers and mash, pork chops, crab cakes, and tender pot roast. Their fenced patio is dog friendly.

McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon

McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon

McKoy's Smokehouse & Saloon is a pet-friendly eatery in Charlotte, NC. Fido can sit beside you at one of the outdoor tables on the covered and heated deck, which features misters in the warmer months. Their menu features succulent BBQ, smokehouse wings and plenty of tasty sides.

Posana

Posana is a farm-to-table restaurant with outdoor tables overlooking Historic Pack Square in Asheville, NC. Posana is so dog friendly that the restaurant serves a dog menu especially for Fido featuring a grilled chicken breast with grains, Brasstown Doggie Beefloaf, and bacon soy doggie ice cream treats. The menus for humans also feature organic, sustainable, and local ingredients. Try the oatmeal brulee with dried fruit and almonds for brunch, smoky chipotle BBQ pork spare ribs at lunch, and saffron sea scallops with sweet corn risotto for dinner.

Carmel's Restaurant and Bar

Carmel's Restaurant and Bar

Carmel's Restaurant and Bar is a relaxed eatery serving creative cuisine with seasonal dog-friendly outdoor seating in Asheville, NC. The menu features crab cakes, pulled pork poutine, pecan-crusted trout, sweet tea glazed ribs, pork chops, and shrimp and grits. Dogs are welcome on the patio during the summer months.

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery in Charlotte is pet-friendly. Home to the largest biergarten in the Southeast, it’s more like a park than a garden. The space, modeled after the early biergartens of Munich, is surrounded by 100-year-old oak, mature pecan and hickory trees for shade. It would be easy to forget that you’re only minutes from the hustle and bustle of downtown as you stroll the brewery’s cobbled pathways and discover shady tables, cornhole games and toasty fire pits with your pup by your side.

Green Man Brewery

Green Man Brewery

Green Man Brewery is a dog-friendly brewery in Asheville, NC, known for consistently good traditional ales and impressive seasonal beers. Bring your dog to sample specialty brews like The Rainmaker Double IPA or The Dweller Imperial Stout. Well-behaved dogs are always welcome inside and outside.

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Luella’s Bar-B-Que

Luella’s Bar-B-Que is a dog-friendly restaurant in Asheville, NC, where Fido is welcome to join you at an outdoor table on the shaded, screened patio. Every order is made from scratch and served with their homemade sauces. Enjoy deviled eggs, Brunswick stew, smoked wings, chopped pork BBQ, ribs, smoked tempeh, BBQ baked potatoes, mac and cheese, and more. Please note that Fido will have to save your seat outside while you go in to order.

Java Dog Coffee House

Java Dog Coffee House

Located in the Cotton Exchange downtown, Java Dog Coffee House is a dog-friendly café in Wilmington, NC. Fido is welcome both inside and outside, and although there isn't a full dog menu, they do offer pup cups upon request! Customers can enjoy a cup of coffee and a bagel with the family pooch.

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