Twelve dog-friendly restaurants, bars and breweries in St. Petersburg, FL. Patios that actually welcome dogs, water bowls, two dog menus, and two off-leash dog bars, all verified by fechPup.
Downtown and Grand Central, on one map.
Three that go further than tolerating dogs
Plenty of places let a dog sit on the patio. These three built something for the dog.
The Dog Bar
A full bar wrapped around a 4,500 square foot fenced off-leash park. Day pass or membership, and every dog has to be vaccinated to get in.
VIEW THIS SPOT →Mutts and Martinis
Shade, three large fans, an air-conditioned off-leash zone and a chilled pool. The answer to a St. Pete afternoon in August. Guests must be 21 or over.
VIEW THIS SPOT →BellaBrava
Italian on Beach Drive with a real dog menu: an unseasoned grilled burger patty, and two dollars from every one goes to Southern Guide Dogs.
VIEW THIS SPOT →Dog-Friendly Restaurants in St. Petersburg
Five kitchens where a leashed dog is welcome in the outdoor seating. Three of them are on the same block of Beach Drive NE.
Dog-Friendly Bars and Breweries
St. Pete's brewery scene is unusually good to dogs, and the Central Avenue corridor is where most of it sits.
Dog-Friendly St. Petersburg, By District 🗺️
Looking for dog friendly restaurants in St. Petersburg, Florida is really a question about which of two districts you want to be in, because they offer completely different afternoons.
Downtown and Beach Drive is the polished one. BellaBrava at 204, Stillwaters Tavern at 224 and Tryst Gastro Lounge at 240 sit in a row along Beach Drive NE, facing Straub Park and the waterfront. You can walk the dog along the park, sit down for lunch, and never move the car.
Central Avenue west of 20th Street is the loose one. This is where the breweries and both dog bars are, within about a mile of each other, and where the dress code is a leash and nothing else.
The Rules, and Two Dog Menus 🦴
Florida lets individual cities and counties run a permit program allowing dogs in the outdoor dining areas of restaurants. Dogs are not allowed inside a restaurant's food-service area, which is why almost every entry on this page says patio. Bars and breweries that do not serve food from a full kitchen have more latitude, which is how 3 Daughters and Welcome To The Farm can seat dogs indoors.
Two places serve the dog directly. Both BellaBrava and Stillwaters Tavern put an unseasoned grilled burger patty on the menu at $4.99, and both send $2 of it to Southern Guide Dogs. They sit two doors apart on the same block, so if one patio is full the other has the identical offer.
The off-leash bars work differently again. The Dog Bar charges a day pass or sells a membership and checks vaccination records. Mutts and Martinis registers dogs free but is 21 and over, so it is a night out rather than a family lunch.
In summer, go early or go late. Pavement in downtown St. Pete gets hot enough to hurt paws by midday, and our guide to hot pavement and dog paws covers the seven-second test that keeps a good afternoon from ending at the vet.
Eating out in St. Pete with a dog
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