I’m curious if you have any insight to the rhyme or reason behind some of our favorite Tribeca restaurants, which seem to vary drastically about allowing a dog to sit outside with us. I get that if the sidewalk cafe  is enclosed, the dog should be on the other side but when there’s nothing but a table on the sidewalk, what’s the thought process? For example, [Restaurant A] is great, we sit there once a week. Tiny’s is ridiculous that they don’t allow you at all to have a dog outside. They don’t even have an awning or anything enclosing their tables, not even a planter! So there’s no explanation from the GM other than “we are not allowed.” [Restaurant B] is amazing despite the fact that they have a proper enclosed area, they greet the dog with open arms and a water bowl. [Bar C] is 99% of the time also wonderful, as long as the owner isn’t there. [Restaurant D] is also pretty nice and offers the fanciest water bowl of all Tribeca. [Restaurant E] doesn’t seem to like dogs, yet [Restaurant F] will deal with them. With summer ending and only a few weeks of outdoor time left, wouldn’t the restaurants want to have their outdoor seats filled? —K.

From the city’s Department of Health: “A sidewalk café is part of the restaurant, and except for service animals and working dogs accompanying police, no animals are allowed in a food service establishment per the city’s health code. There’s a similar provision in the State Sanitary Code.” Now you know why I redacted the names of all the non-compliant restaurants…. But surely one can have a dog on the far side of café fencing, right? Not taking anything city-related for granted, I asked, and this was the response: “Animals on the outside of restaurant or café fencing are not in violation of the city’s health code.”

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