Pet-Friendly Restaurants in San Francisco

A San Francisco neighborhood-cafe institution since 1995, with a generous corner sidewalk patio on Hayes and Gough that is one of the city's most consistently dog-welcoming tables. All-day breakfast, big salads, sandwiches, soups, espresso and a long beer/wine list. Water bowls produced on arrival, treats kept behind the counter, and the patio runs the full block-corner so even a large dog has room to sprawl out under the table.

An Anna Weinberg / Jennifer Puccio neighborhood American restaurant facing Washington Square Park in North Beach, with a heated sidewalk parklet patio that welcomes leashed dogs and faces directly onto the park's lawn (great for a walk before or after). Brunch, dinner and a long cocktail list; the dining room itself is service-animal only but the parklet is the dog table. Saints Peter and Paul Church frames the view across the square.

A waterfront indoor-outdoor restaurant on a working pier in Mission Bay, with one of the largest dog-friendly bayside patios in San Francisco overlooking Pier 50 and the marina. American comfort food, all-day brunch on weekends, frozen margaritas and a live-music Sunday afternoon that is a SF tradition. The whole outdoor section, picnic tables included, accepts leashed dogs by default; bayside breeze keeps the patio cool even on warmer fall days.