Great pet friendly patio.

Spankys is a great locals spot for great food and a pet friendly atmosphere on their back patio. There is plenty of shaded seating as well.

Jan. 02, 2024

Great Beer, great beer Garden!

had an awesome time with our pup here! it’s very pet friendly and has plenty of shade for us all.

Sep. 02, 2023

Amazing Deli!

This deli not only has a nice covered patio to bring your pup, but it also has amazing sandwiches and salads. very quick service and plenty of outdoor seating! They also serve beer!

Aug. 25, 2023

Great small patio and ramen

Noodlepig has some delicious ramen and a small outdoor patio for pups. it’s an open patio next to the sidewalk but it is comfortably wide enough. the tables don’t have umbrellas but they are right next to the building and there is a concrete overhang to provide some possible cover from the rain. not sure if it would provide shade on a sunny day because it’s open to the south where the sun would be.

Aug. 24, 2023

Awesome Sunny Patio

I’ve brought my pup to Barrio Taco a couple times and it is always a pleasant experience. their food is great and they have a big outdoor patio with easy access. The only drawback is none of their tables have umbrellas and there is no other shade provided. On warm, sunny days, the sun can be very intense. Small pups can find shade under the table or chair, but larger dogs and humans might get fried.

Aug. 24, 2023

Awesome outdoor patio!

went here for the first time with our cavapoo, Ivy and had a great time. there is a nice open entrance to their back patio. There are plenty of shaded tables and quick walk-up bar service for food and drinks. the staff was all very welcoming and brought out a bowl of water for our dog. Great spot!

Aug. 23, 2023

Friendly dog patio

came here on a Sunday afternoon to try it out after seeing the bad review from 2018. They had no problem letting us sit on the patio with our two well behaved dogs. They didn’t provide a water bowl or tell us how cute our dogs are so they didn’t quite earn 5 bones 😂

Aug. 13, 2023

Great food, drinks, and shade for your pup

There is plenty of outdoor seating, the service is very quick, and they even have a window you can walk up to and place your order. Very pet friendly and there are even a few other spots in the area to bring your dog and a park across the street. Next door is a pet store boutique called “Fido and Stitch” you can check out.

Jul. 29, 2023

Half Dog Friendly?

We came here for lunch on a Friday and the patio was pretty full. there were a couple tables opening on the north side of the patio, but we were told we can’t sit at them because we had to be on the “dog side” of the patio. Since both sides of the patio are exactly identical, and the servers enter and exit in the middle of the patio, it makes no sense that only one half of the patio could have dogs on it. I even asked a couple employees what makes one side “the dog side” since the patio is all the same and they couldn’t really give a reasoning.

It’s just pretty annoying watching people who arrived after you get open tables because we have to wait for the “dog side” that is completely indistinguishable from the non-dog side.

As you can see from the picture I submitted, our little 15lb cavapoo slept the whole time under our chair…

Jul. 21, 2023

Awesome All Around

The first time I went here was about a year ago, in 2022, and my wife and I both were underwhelmed with their beer and food selection. The brewery has a affinity for "historic" and old-world beer options (hence the name "Archival"), but clearly went overboard on the theme a year ago. Despite the nice ambiance of the place, and really cool looking beer garden, I had no desire to go back because their beer where simply too eclectic and didn't taste good to me.

This weekend, my wife and I decided to give it another try as it looked like their beer and food menu had grown since we last visited. The weather was amazing outside so we decided to try their outdoor area since we had our dog with us. All of the staff was extremely friendly and provided excellent, fast service throughout this visit.

The food menu had drastically expanded and has numerous options I really wanted to try. I ended up getting the French dip with fries and both were amazing. The fries were obviously hand cut and were some of the best I've had in a long time. My wife got the Mahi tacos and said they were also very delicious. We were super impressed with the food. You can tell they care about having delicious, high-quality food.

On the beer side, they still have a bunch of historic style beers which I don't like, but they've also added a good selection of more "normal" styles of beer. I had three 5 oz pours ($2 each) of the Kolsch, West Coast IPA, and the Blonde. All three were very good. Definitely worth coming back for.

The outdoor beer garden is perfect for those nice Michigan days. Plenty of shade, corn hole, and an overall impressively comfortable layout. They are also VERY dog friendly so it was nice to be able to bring our well behaved puppy with us. We will definitely be coming back a bunch this summer as this place now has the best combination of beer, food, and atmosphere.

Jun. 21, 2023