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Dog Friendly American Restaurants in Houston, TX

There are 100 pet friendly American restaurants in Houston that welcome dogs at their outdoor tables. Need help to decide where to eat? Here’s a detailed description of each restaurant, along with pictures and reviews from other dog owners. Coming from out of town? Get a discounted rate on pet friendly hotels in Houston. Bone appetit!

Pet Friendly Local Foods

Local Foods

Local Foods specializes in healthy alternatives without compromising flavor or diversity. The patio at this location offers several dog-friendly tables so Fido can tag along. The daily menu includes tantalizing treats like smoked salmon, the quinoa burger, barbeque pork, and much more. You'll also find salads, specialty drinks, and an assortment of beer, wine, and cocktails. This location in Upper Kirby is open daily from 10am to 9pm.

Pet Friendly Backstreet Cafe

Backstreet Cafe

Backstreet Cafe

The dog-friendly Backstreet Cafe is a neighborhood bistro serving New American cuisine with a Southern/Cajun kick. An innovative menu features delicious offerings such as bacon-wrapped quail, Gulf Coast beignets, smoked duck gumbo, braised short ribs, red corn chicken enchiladas, and shellfish risotto. Dogs are welcome on the spacious patio under the spreading camphor tree. Opens daily at 11am.

Mia's Table

Mia's Table is a pet-friendly restaurant in Houston, TX. Their menu features hand-formed burgers, BBQ, sandwiches, salads, and cookies & shakes for dessert. Covered and uncovered patios with fans welcome dogs.

The Burger Joint

The Burger Joint

Fido is welcome to join you at an outdoor, pet-friendly table at The Burger Joint, a restaurant in Houston, TX. Enjoy menu items like burgers, hot dogs, fries, pulled pork sandwiches, milkshakes and more.

Rodeo Goat

Enjoy creative burgers and beer at Rodeo Goat in Houston, TX. This relaxed American style restaurant also serves vegan options and cocktails. Best of all, Fido can join you on their pet-friendly outdoor patio!

Little Matt's

Great food, burgers, salads, sandwiches, and entrees. There are picnic tables in the shaded areas in front and out back where dogs are welcome. There's always water and a big bin of dog treats out front too.

Hobbit Cafe

We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious... Sneaky little hobbitses. At Hobbit Cafe, hobbits and humans alike can take safe haven from the gollums and orcs of everyday life. The Hobbit Cafe is Houston’s best patio and original mead bar since 1972. The serve burgers, sandwiches, seafood, fajitas, smoothies, craft beer, ciders and sours. This Tolkien-inspired cafe is also vegetarian-friendly menu. Dogs are welcome to join you at pet-friendly outdoor tables on the Shire-like patio.

Hopdoddy Burger Bar

Hopdoddy Burger Bar

Hopdoddy Burger Bar, located in Houston, is a trendy joint that serves up a variety of eats prepared with fresh ingredients. Choose from menu options including fries, salads, sandwiches, burgers, shakes, and more. Fido is welcome to join you at one of their fifteen pet-friendly outdoor tables while you enjoy your meal. Start off with a signature cocktail, then chow down on the El Diablo Burger - an Angus patty topped with Tillamook pepper jack, habanero peppers, serrano peppers, caramelized onions, salsa roja, chipotle mayo, green leaf lettuce, and tomato. Or go for the Primetime Burger - a grass-fed Kobe beef burger topped with brie cheese, arugula, caramelized onions, steak sauce, truffle aioli, and tomato. For something a bit lighter, try the Baby Kale Salad with arugula, baby kale, feta, watermelon, avocado, sunflower seeds, pickled red onions, and pomegranate vinaigrette.

Lucille's

Lucille's is a dog-friendly restaurant serving Southern cuisine in a welcoming environment. Dog owners can head to one of Lucille's few outdoor tables to enjoy a cocktail alongside their canine companion. Lucille's menu includes salads, small plates such as Old School Chili Biscuits, Bone Marrow and Oxtail, Oyster Sliders and Fried Green Tomatoes, and full plates such as Shrimp and Grits, a Butcher Burger, Hanger Steak, Miso Quail, Fresh Fish of the Day, and more. Regulars recommend ordering the Bread Pudding or Lemon Ice Box Pie to top off your meal.

Barnaby's Cafe

Barnaby's Cafe is a dog-friendly spot to find breakfast, lunch, and dinner in Houston. Fido can join you at an outdoor table and even gets his own Puppy Menu! Human guests can enjoy breakfast dishes such as a Buffalo Scramble, a breakfast burrito, red velvet pancakes with cream cheese Icing, and green eggs and ham. Lunch and dinner items include homemade mac and cheese, chicken wontons, salads, homemade lasagnas, sandwiches, burgers, Tex-Mex dishes and more.

Fuddruckers

Fuddruckers, located in Houston, is a well-known burger chain that offers a build-your-own burger bar. Fido is welcome to join you at one of their many pet-friendly outdoor tables while you savor your masterpiece. Choose from beef patties, elk, bison, or even ostrich, then pile it high with the cheeses and toppings of your choice. Choose from ingredients like shredded lettuce, onions, pickles, pico de gallo, relish, mayo, mustard, cheese sauce, and more! If making decisions is not your strong suit, simply pick one of their specialty burgers, like the Southwest Burger topped with guacamole, smokehouse bacon, and pepper jack cheese. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside while you go in to order.

Barnaby's Cafe

Barnaby's Cafe in Houston, TX, is a bright, open dining spot that offers a cosmopolitan menu and an outdoor patio that is dog friendly. Choose from varied options such as Asian spicy wings, Danish baby back ribs, homemade lasagna, chicken La Jolla, Hawaiian pork chops, Tex-Mex, and burgers.

Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar

Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar

Lazy Dog is a restaurant and bar in Houston, TX serving serves handcrafted American cuisine made with seasonally-inspired ingredients. Choose from a variety of tasty lunch, dinner and weekend brunch options like burgers, sandwiches, soups, pot roast, ribs, noodle and rice bowls and vegetarian options. The bar menu features draft beer, wine and cocktails. Dogs may join you at outdoor tables on the patio.

Brasil

Brasil is a dog-friendly establishment with a back patio, accessible through their side gate. Their menu features local ingredients, including bread from Slow Dough Bread Co., organic eggs from Dustin's Eggs, cheese from Houston Dairymaids, and coffee from Amaya Coffee. Utilizing the aforementioned ingredients, the brunch menu includes the Brasil Benedict: poached eggs, charred tomato, and hollandaise sauce on focaccia served with salmon, bacon or prosciutto with roasted herb potatoes. Brasil is open weekdays from 7am to 12am and weekends from 8am to 12am.

Porch Swing Pub

Porch Swing Pub

Porch Swing Pub offers a chill outdoor patio that welcomes leashed dogs, 38 beers on draft with another 30 or 40 bottled brews, and a classic bar and grill menu that includes jalapeno poppers, pub burgers, Buffalo chicken sandwiches, cheesesteaks, wings, and BBQ pizza. Whether it's lunch you’re looking for or a late night snack, Porch Swing can satisfy your appetite.

State Fare Kitchen & Bar

State Fare Kitchen & Bar

State Fare Kitchen & Bar is a dog-friendly restaurant in Houston, TX, where Fido can join you at an outdoor table. Their unique menu includes items like mimosa flights, their infamous avocado & street corn toast, a vegan tofu scramble, fish tacos, a smoked double pork chop, and cathead biscuits. Brunch is served on weekends.

Beck's Prime

Burgers, sandwiches, steaks, and in-house originals like the Kitchen Sink, and Volcano. Patio seating is Fido friendly.

Urban Kitchen

Dogs are welcome on the patio at the Urban American Kitchen. The chefs dish up classic items with an urban twist, including items from the grill, items from the sea, and a number of other urban delights. One of the most popular dishes is the lime shrimp ravioli, fresh shrimp served on top of ravioli with a light creamy sauce. Alternatively, you could try a rib eye street taco: grilled rib eye on tortillas with shredded lettuce, avocado, and grilled onions with tomatillo salsa. Urban Kitchen is open Monday through Thursday from 11am to 9pm, Friday to Saturday from 11am to 10pm, and Sunday from 10am to 9pm.

Bombshells

Bombshells serves burgers, wings, pasta, and pizza. The spacious patio is dog friendly.

Simone on Sunset

Simone on Sunset

Simone on Sunset is upscale dining with a dog-friendly front patio. Menu includes homemade hummus, smoked duck pizza, and Capri pizza. Water bowls and blueberry/kale vegan dog treats are available.

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