SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco is a foodie heaven with loads of Michelin-starred eating places. And San Franciscans love canines. So it would come as no shock that an entrepreneur has determined to mix the 2 passions, creating what’s believed to be the primary restaurant solely for man’s greatest buddy.
Dogue, which rhymes with vogue, opened final month within the metropolis’s fashionable Mission District.
For $75 {dollars} per pup, doggie diners get a multiple-course “bone urge for food” meal that includes dishes like hen pores and skin waffles and filet mignon steak tartare with quail egg.
It additionally features a mimosa and a baked deal with for the pup’s human.
Rahmi Massarweh, a canine proprietor and classically educated chef, determined to depart his demanding job working a wonderful eating restaurant to give attention to his new canine cafe.
Some critics have expressed on-line outrage over the value level for the pampered pets, declaring revenue inequality, gentrification and homelessness within the metropolis. For the price of the tasting menu, you could possibly purchase at the very least 5 huge burritos at one of many many close by taquerias within the Mission neighborhood.
However Massarweh says that since opening a month in the past, he’s acquired overwhelming assist from his clients who recognize having a spot to pamper their pups.
On a latest Sunday, Dogue hosted three fur child birthday events concurrently.
“I wished to rejoice him. He’s so particular to me. He’s my four-legged little one and that is the right place to do a very nice celebration,” Gledy Espinoza stated, as her 11-year-old miniature dachshund Mason loved a bowl of mushroom soup with slices of hen breast. “We’re foodies. I suppose he’s too, now.”
Massarweh spends hours cooking and prepping for his service and says an identical menu for folks might price as much as $500 within the costly metropolis and the elements he makes use of will not be low cost. The whole lot is human-grade, though if you happen to took a chew, you’d most likely discover the doggie dishes to be a bit bland for the human palate.
“After we make our meals, it’s a course of. It is vitally time-consuming. There’s lots of method. There’s lots of technique and element to what we do,” he stated. “Our pastries, for instance, take about two days on common to make. I do know they’re going to be eaten in two seconds.”
Massarweh stated the true purpose of Dogue is to lift consciousness about feeding your canine recent, wholesome, pure elements which some analysis reveals might be simpler in your pup’s abdomen than mass-produced pet food and make canine dad and mom blissful.
“I’ve labored in eating places for a few years, and it’s uncommon when as a chef, I stroll into the eating room to the touch tables and each single visitor has a smile on their face,” Massarweh stated. “There’s one thing very distinctive and satisfying about that.”