Dogs are welcome on the spacious patio at De La Nonna, a pizzeria in the Arts District of Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles loves dogs. The city was ranked as the most popular across the country for dog ownership, according to data gathered by U.S. News, and with get-outside weather and an abundance of green spaces to explore, it’s easy to see why.
Pet ownership skyrocketed during pandemic shutdowns, with local shelters experiencing a rare shortage of dogs and cats. But as the world reopened, dog owners were faced with the challenge of balancing return-to-office demands and expanded social lives with the responsibilities of pet ownership, making dog-friendly spaces all the more important.
Los Angeles is a dog town, no bones about it. In this weeklong series, we dig into the obsession.
For the record:
9:27 a.m. July 27, 2025A previous version of this guide included Le Great Outdoor, which only allows service dogs on its patio. It has been removed from the list.
Thankfully, the local restaurant scene offers countless settings to socialize with your pup, from an Eagle Rock coffee shop with an attached dog park to an Arts District pizzeria and a Lincoln Heights cider house. Here are 11 dog-friendly patios in L.A. to visit with your pup this summer.
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Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery
Pasadena Cheese Shop $$
(Maggie Shannon/For The Times)
The quaint restaurant and cheesery is housed in a former fire station from the 1920s, with a breezy back patio thanks to ceiling fans and a retractable roof. The menu is pure Americana comfort with some local influence thrown in, including loaded baked potato dumplings, garlic fried chicken drizzled with hot honey and cornbread eclairs topped with a squiggle of chicken liver mousse and dotted with luxardo cherries. There’s also a full cheese menu if you prefer to graze over cured meats, tinned fish or marinated olives. Sneak a square of cheese to your pup if you’re feeling generous. Cocktails approach the classics with creativity, including a Vesper martini with Thai basil, and there’s a thoughtful list of nonalcoholic options.
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Alder & Sage
Long Beach Coffee Breakfast/Brunch $$
(Sterling Reed)
Have your dog’s day out at the bustling daytime cafe from Kerstin Kansteiner in Long Beach’s Retro Row. The sandy wraparound patio features communal seating and tables for two, a conversation pit and a garden that provides herbs for the seasonally shifting menu. Summertime specialties include a jasmine green tea topped with guava cold foam, peaches and burrata and and a focaccia BLT with heirloom tomato served with garlic-parsley fries. The neighborhood bistro recently launched a social hour every Thursday through Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m., with limited items such as kofta chicken meatballs and anchovy toast, plus full table service. Outside of the creative cafe menu, wine, draft beer and soju-based cocktails are available.
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All Season Brewing
Mid-Wilshire Brewery $$
(All Season Brewing)
Sometimes it seems like there are more dogs than owners at this Mid-City brewery that’s housed in a Midcentury Modern Firestone tire shop. The best part? Dogs can freely roam the spacious grounds, including the street-facing patio and the interior with skee-ball games and a Chicas Tacos window where you can order a weekend-only breakfast burrito, “pizza” served on 12-inch flour tortillas and tacos filled with beer-battered fish, slow-braised steak or jackfruit. Outside of beer, the bar serves draft cocktails and wine and a few nonalcoholic options. All Seasons Brewing frequently hosts pop-up markets, line dancing and other events.
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Beethoven Market
Mar Vista Californian Italian $$
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The buzzy Mar Vista restaurant and market is named in honor of its former life as a neighborhood market built in 1949, not the 1992 film that made every millennial beg their parents for a Saint Bernard puppy. Nonetheless, the convivial patio that’s anchored by an olive tree is a great place to grab dinner with your dog in tow. The Cal-Italian menu from chef Michael Leonard celebrates the season with dishes such as an apricot and radicchio salad, a fig and prosciutto pizza and pork collar with nectarine and fennel. Craft cocktails are priced at $15 or under and the wine list spans bottles from across California and Europe.
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Benny Boy Brewing
Lincoln Heights Brewery $$
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You’re guaranteed to see a couple good boys lazing on the sand-strewn beer garden with firepits or in the open-air brewery and cider house at Benny Boy Brewing, from co-owners and husband and wife Ben Farber and Chelsey Rosetter. Tucked under the 5 Freeway in Lincoln Heights, the brewery uses Old World techniques with minimal processing and hosts frequent pop-ups and events, such as an all-day celebration for National Michelada Day featuring michelada flights, ceviche and shrimp tacos from Correas Mariscos and a charity Lotería game. Beer and cider flights are on tap, with a cider slushie that rotates weekly and natural wine from Angeleno Wines. Nonalcoholic cocktails, beer and cider are also available.
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De La Nonna
Downtown L.A. Italian Restaurant
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There’s plenty of space for you and your dog to stretch out at this Arts District pizzeria with a two-level patio that’s lush with plants and twinkles with string lights after dark. The menu proves just as reliable, ranging from rectangular foccaccia slices topped with Japanese potato, fennel, pesto and mozzarella or classic pepperoni (add the hot honey) to eggplant caponata with spicy-sweet agrodolce. The beverage menu includes a natural-leaning wine list with most bottles sourced from Europe’s boot and California, with cocktails riffing on Italian classics, such as a frozen Aperol spritz and a negroni with strawberry amaro. A short weekend brunch menu offers a sandwich with house-made sausage, shakshouka and Italian cream puffs with orange ricotta.
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Destroyer
Culver City Breakfast/Lunch $$
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Head to this casual Culver City cafe for inventive, seasonally driven breakfast and lunch plates conceptualized by chef Jordan Kahn of ultra fine dining temples Vespertine and Meteora. The alfresco patio is the perfect place to recharge with an ube-lavender latte, mandarin French toast, a duck confit ciabatta sandwich or Koshihikari rice porridge after hiking with your pup to the nearby Baldwin Hills Scenic Outlook.
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Dialog Cafe
West Hollywood Breakfast/Lunch $
(Emily Palos)
The perennially popular West Hollywood cafe celebrates its canine guests just as much as the humans, with an Instagram dedicated to the Dogs of Dialog. Stake out a table on the covered patio after you place your order for a cloud cream Kyoto cold brew, chicken Caesar wrap or mortadella sandwich. Breakfast is available all day and the cafe closes at 9 p.m. most nights, which means you can cap your evening with a brisket breakfast burrito.
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Muddy Paw Coffee
Eagle Rock Coffeehouse $
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If you want to caffeinate, distract your dog and support rescue dogs all at the same time, head to Muddy Paw Coffee — in particular the Eagle Rock location that features a private patio and park where dogs can go unleashed. A portion of each purchase supports the Pasadena Humane Society and the coffee menu is dog-themed, with options such as Puppy Love with espresso, vanilla extract, agave and choice of milk. Nonna’s Empanadas are available if you’re craving a snack.
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Salazar
Elysian Valley Restaurant
(Jennelle Fong)
You’ll feel transported to the Baja California coast on Salazar’s spacious open-air patio in Frogtown that’s landscaped with cactuses and palm plants. The menu follows similar cues, with fish tacos, wood-grilled steak and freshwater trout and plenty of botanas to snack on while you and your pup relax in the shade. The beverage menu features agua frescas, micheladas and a handful of margaritas — sample a few with a flight or opt for the frozen prickly pear to cool down on a hot day.
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The Waterfront
Venice American $$
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Right off the Venice Boardwalk, the Waterfront is an open-air maze with a loungey interior modeled after a surfer’s living room and a spacious patio with a thatched roof and hanging plants. The menu fits the setting, including tacos, fish and chips and weekend-only oysters. The restaurant boasts a Taco Tuesday special with a Mexican lager, shot of tequila and two tacos for $25, plus singles nights and live DJs. It can get crowded on the weekend, but dogs are welcome throughout the space, so find a calm corner to settle in.
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