Pet Friendly Places in Illinois

Dogs welcome at outdoor seating

Welcoming your dog at one of their outdoor table.

Off leash dog park located along the train tracks, east of Damen, in the Churchill Field Playlot Park. Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Located in Lincoln Park, enjoy Ranalli's delicious pizza on their pet-friendly patio. Water bowls are available on request, as is a doggie menu you can order from if your pooch is peckish.

At Jefferson Tap & Grille, not only are dogs allowed on the patio, but they are welcomed. All items on the Dog Menu are natural, including desserts from Paw Natural.

Pierrot Gourmet has outdoor seating that welcomes your pet.

Letizia's Natural Bakery has a outdoor dog-friendly patio.

Via Veneto Ristorante has great food, plus they're dog friendly.

Lizzie McNeill's Irish Pub and offers lots of pet-friendly seating.

Allows dogs both inside and outside.

Metropolis Coffee Co has pet-friendly seating.

Patio is dog friendly.

Eat outside and your pet can join you.

Patio is dog friendly.

Located in the Radisson Blu Aqua hotel, this Italian restaurant has small, intimate dog-friendly sidewalk patio. On Wednesdays they ratchet up the puppy love, when it's BYOD (bring your own dog), with a special doggie menu.

Small off leash area with a doggy water fountain and dog-friendly kiddie pools (in the summer) in the northwest corner of the park, south of Berteau and west of the service yard. Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

This sports bar in the Old Town neighborhood is so pet-friendly it offers a special doggie menu (including $1 sliders) and has a canine-dedicated Instagram hashtag, #4CPatioPuppies. If your photo gets the most likes, you could win a gift card.

Your pup is welcome on the patio of this popular bar in the River North neighborhood.

You and your pooch are welcome at this reopened neighborhood institution. Be aware: This is a straight-up bar. The closest you'll get to food is a packet of chips pulled off a clip on the wall.

Grant Park offers a fenced-in third of an acre for dogs to go off-leash. There is a water fountain and seating for humans. Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

A nice size off leash dog park, known to residents as Wiggly Field, with a doggy water fountain. Open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Gio's Sports Bar is a casual restaurant in the heart of Chicago with outdoor patio seating available for dogs.

Great burgers and your pet come with if you dine on the outdoor patio.

Janson's Drive In has pet friendly patio seating.

Bar food at its best, with six different kinds of fries, ten flavors of jumbo wings, pizza, burgers, and more. Tons of beers on tap, as well as in cans and bottles. The patio is dog-friendly with water bowls provided, so you can both quench your thirst. Located a block and a half off N. Michigan Ave.