It's no secret that I've got pets on my mind 24/7 . . . and friends love to pass along any animal information to me. It's rare to hear something I've never covered or even thought about but such is the case here. 
After having an enjoyable evening at NYC's Red Cat, caligirlnyc suggested a post about bars and restaurants named after animals . . . and to have readers post about ones in their towns, too. Quick brainstorming brought to mind places like Mad Dog in the Fog here in SF or Fat Black Pussycat in NYC, just to name the first two to come to mind. Now I want to hear from you – please share your own local establishments with names including dogs or cats in the comments below!
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It's not a bar or resturant but in my city there is a wine/gourmet food store called The Fat Cat which I
1I grew up in Napa, and there are/were quite a few:
The Flying Boar
2The Red Hen
The Smoking Cat Cafe
Mutts
Go Fish
There's an English pub nearby called "The Black Labrador"
3Black Cat in DC!
4In Portland we have the Lucky Lab
5In college, I worked at a bar called The Albatross, or The 'Tross for short. (The abreviated version came in handy if you were hammered.)
6The Spotted Dog in Cleveland, ran by firemen...aw i think its so cute they named it that!
7not a dog or cat that i can think of but there is the elephant bar and restaurant, i believe inside they have two elephant statues but its mostly an african theme. lots of leopard and zebra print.
8Mostly Brit pubs spring to mind: Mad Dogs and Englishmen, The Fox and Hound, Cock and Bull.
9Yeah there's a Pig 'n' Whistle in LA. We also have a Senor Fish but I think that's mostly 'cause they make fish. I'm sure there's more but I'm not very hip (lol) so I don't know about them.
10We've got a few in the Greater Portland, Maine area ...
11The Green Elephant
Two Fat Cats Bakery
The Cock-Eyed Gull
Frog & Turtle
Bethesda (DC suburb) has a bar called the Barking Dog. Philly also has a restaurant called the White Dog Café.
12Black Cat-Boone, NC
13Great burritos and mexican food!
Arlington, VA has the Lost Dog Cafe and the Stray Cat Cafe. Both donate portions of their proceeds to animal rescue.
14There's a Black Dog Coffeehouse in Lenexa, KS, not far from me. We have a Mexican restaurant called La Cocina Del Puerco that makes me laugh because it means "kitchen of the pig"
15White Dog Cafe in Philly, with it's accompanying gift shop, Black Cat.
16The North Chatt Cat
17Fox & the Hound
Hair of the Dog
Massachusetts is loaded with 'em...Off the top of my head, I can come up w/ some...
Black Dog Tavern/Cafe in Vineyard Haven
18Spike's Junkyard Dogs - Boston
Salty Dog Seafood - Boston
Polka-Dog Bakery (This is a bakery for dogs & their people) - Boston
Blue Cat Cafe - Boston
The Dog Bar - Gloucester
The Red Parrot - Nantasket Beach, Hull
Only one that comes to mind right now is the "White Dog" in Richmond, VA
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