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Dog Friendly Italian Restaurants in California

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 Italian restaurants in California that will welcome Fido to join you at an outdoor table. Bone appetit!

Pet Friendly Louie Linguini's

Louie Linguini's

Louie Linguini's

Louie Linguini's is a pet-friendly restaurant in Monterey, CA, where Fido can join you on their second floor patio via elevator access in the gift shop. They have a dog menu for your furry friend, offering clam chowder, Dungeness crab cakes, mahi mahi tacos, pasta, and pizza for pet parents.

Pet Friendly Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica

Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica

San Luis Obispo, CA

Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica

Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica is a dog-friendly farm to fork restaurant in San Luis Obispo, CA, serving Italian fare. Fido is welcome at outdoor tables on the front and back patio. The menu includes antipasti dishes, salads, pasta, wood fired pizzas, chicken, seafood, and pork entrees, along with specialty Italian sides.

Carmel Bistro

Carmel Bistro features dog-friendly outdoor seating in a cozy courtyard with heaters in Carmel, CA. Diners enjoy authentic Mediterranean cuisine, including salads, pizzettas, crab cakes, osso bucco, lamb shank, chicken marsala, lobster ravioli and more than a dozen pasta entrées. A dedicated dog menu is available.

Backstreet Bistro

Palm Desert, CA

Backstreet Bistro

Open seasonally (closed in summer) for lunch and dinner, and serving breakfast on weekends, The Backstreet Bistro offers beautiful mountain views and a wide variety of favorites from salads, sandwiches, and homemade soups for lunch and a full Italian menu featuring fresh fish daily specials. Enjoy live jazz every Tuesday evening and Saturday afternoon on the dog-friendly, misted patio. Call ahead to ensure availability.

Piatti Restaurant & Bar

Piatti Restaurant & Bar

Piatti's Restaurant & Bar in Sacramento, CA, offers rustic Italian cuisine in a warm and welcoming setting, perfect for gathering with friends, family, and neighbors. Inspired by the spirit of Italy’s beloved trattorias, it’s a place to eat, drink, and connect over delicious food. Dogs are always welcome in the charming tree-lit courtyard, where guests can also enjoy the comfort of outdoor heaters.

Sammy G's Tuscan Grill

Palm Springs, CA

Sammy G's Tuscan Grill

Sammy G's Tuscan Grill is a dog-friendly restaurant in the heart of downtown Palm Springs, CA. Your pup can join you at an outdoor table on their shaded patio. Menu options include salads, pizza, pasta, and a variety of beef, chicken, and fish entrees.

Garage Buona Forchetta

Garage Buona Forchetta

Located in an old car dealership just a block off Orange Avenue in Coronado, CA, Garage Buona Forchetta is a dog-friendly restaurant serves delicious, authentic Italian fare, including Naples style pizza. Dogs are welcome on the back patio which is shady and cool.

Gabriella Cafe

Gabriella Cafe's sensational menu changes with the seasons. The small outdoor seating are welcomes well-behaved dogs. Gabriella Cafe opens at 11:30am during the week and 11am on weekends.

Paluca Trattoria

Paluca Trattoria

Paluca Trattoria serves traditional Fisherman's Wharf cuisine with Italian and California influences in a casual waterfront setting that welcomes dogs in the patio seating area. Delicious menu options include Monterey Bay calamari, Sicilian prawns, crab cake salad, lobster ravioli, and smoked salmon linguini, Open daily 11am to 9pm.

Poggio Trattoria

Poggio Trattoria

Poggia is a casual Italian eatery that utilizes fresh local ingredients and house grown herbs and vegetables. Leashed dogs are welcome on the patio.

It's Italia

Half Moon Bay, CA

It's Italia is a pet-friendly restaurant located in Half Moon Bay, CA. Fido is welcome to dine with you at one of their outdoor tables on the tuscany-styled courtyard, with four fireplaces, a fountain, stone floors and walls, and an extendable awning. They serve fresh-baked focaccia, pizzas, salads and pastas for you to enjoy.

Cafe Roma

San Luis Obispo, CA

With a self-proclaimed "colorful gastronomic history," Cafe Roma is a dog-friendly Italian restaurant in San Luis Obispo. Its garden patio is enclosed and heated for cooler weather. The menu includes antipasti dishes, salads, paninis, pizzas, seafood, pasta, veal, ribs and more.

Mezzo Restaurant

Mezzo Restaurant

Allow Fido to join you for an exquisite meal at Mezzo Restaurant, a dog-friendly contemporary Italian eatery located in Stockton, CA. Seated beside an outdoor table for lunch or dinner, Fido can lap up cold, refreshing water from a bowl which the restaurant provides, and snuggle up in their own freshly laundered doggie blanket given to your table. Your best friend will be presented with a pre-dinner nibble of an all natural dog biscuit which is wrapped in a cute cellophane bag so it can be preserved and given to Fido whenever you choose. The experience wouldn't be complete without a mouth-watering dog menu with choices of grilled chicken, steak or salmon, or Carpaccio. Specializing in farm to table cuisine, Mezzo serves authentic, multi-regional modern Italian dishes which include hand crafted pastas and made-from-scratch sauces. Sample delicious Italian fare which uses authentic ingredients, the finest local produce, and sustainably sourced meat and seafood.

Buon Appetito

The passion of the folks running this spot shows in its divine food and service. Fido can join you at an outdoor table.

Yanni's Bar & Grill

Yanni's Bar & Grill

Yanni's Bar & Grill is a dog-friendly Italian and Greek restaurant in San Diego, CA. Your leashed, friendly dog is welcome to join you at an outdoor table on the covered patio. Bowls of water are available by request. This family-owned restaurant serves up delicious meals like smoked salmon rotini, grilled Loukaniko, and capellini tomato basil.

Boccaccio's

Westlake Village, CA

Boccaccio's is a pet-friendly restaurant in Westlake Village, CA, where Fido can join you at a table on their waterside patio. The menu features Italian cuisine like spaghetti Bolognese, linguine and clams, seafood risotto, veal parmigiana, and more. They also serve sandwiches at lunch and weekend brunch.

Pappalecco

Pappalecco is a dog-friendly restaurant in San Diego serving Italian fare with Tuscan influences to locals and tourists alike. Fido is welcome to join you at an outdoor table. Pappalecco's menu includes paninis, pizzas, coffee drinks, breakfast items, salads, and wine. Diners with room for dessert can indulge in a Gelato Cookie Sandwich or Affogato dish.

North Italia

North Italia, located in Irvine, CA, is a trendy Italian eatery that serves up a variety of fresh, scratch-made fare. Fido is welcome to join you at one of their pet-friendly outdoor tables. Enjoy handmade pastas, house-made pizzas, and chef-driven entrées crafted with high-quality ingredients. This stylish and inviting restaurant is known for dishes like the fan-favorite Bolognese, the prosciutto pizza topped with mission figs, and the flavorful Tuscan chicken. Pair your meal with a handcrafted cocktail, a glass of wine from their curated list, or a refreshing Italian spritz.

Barbarella Restaurant & Bar

Barbarella Restaurant & Bar

Barbarella Restaurant & Bar is a pet-friendly restaurant in La Jolla, CA. Enjoy delicious housemade Italian food with Fido on the outdoor patio that has heaters for cooler weather. There's a dog menu with options like chopped bacon, grilled chicken and a vanilla ice cream pup cup! For dog owners, they serve options like pizza, pasta, salad, and entrees like a stuffed bell pepper, grilled lamb and woodfire oven-roasted salmon.

Sergio's Caffe

Grass Valley, CA

Hearty Italian dishes such as chicken ravioli, gnocchi, calamari steak, pork osso buco, and veal marsala. Covered sidewalk patio seating is dog friendly.

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