SAN FRANCISCO — One of San Francisco’s most popular new eateries offers a fine-dining experience like no other.
Dogue, which rhymes with vogue, opened last month in the city’s trendy Mission District, catering exclusively to dog owners looking to pamper their pooches with a little haute cuisine.
According to The Associated Press, doggie diners can get a three-course meal on Sundays, featuring dishes such as chicken skin waffles and filet mignon steak tartare with quail egg. Or maybe organic beef chuck steak with fermented carrots and beets or green-lipped mussels with fermented carrots and wheatgrass, is more to Fido’s fancy.
The $75-per-pup “bone appetite” price also includes a mimosa and a baked treat for the dog’s human.
To be fair, Dogue’s dogguccinos and pastries start at $4.95 each, CNBC reported.
According to Dogue’s website, the restaurant’s in-house “pawtisserie” serves up healthy and colorful snacks made from organic, locally-sourced “real human-grade ingredients,” the network reported.
Rahmi Massarweh, a classically trained chef who previously ran a fine-dining establishment for humans, told the Los Angeles Times that his concept is truly unique.
“My approach is as if it were a human restaurant. It’s as if you have come into my restaurant, and the star guest is your dog,” he said.
According to the Times, Massarweh stepped away from the kitchen in 2015 to open a doggy day care center with his wife, while continuing to prepare fresh-cooked food daily for his own four dogs: Grizzly, Luna, Achilles and Sir Wellington.
Before long, Massarweh was prepping the same portions into weekly doggy bags for his private day care clients, and the seeds for Dogue were planted, he told the newspaper.
Massarweh also told the Times that he consulted a veterinarian in concocting the dishes to ensure all of Dogue’s meals are nutritionally balanced and safe for dogs to consume.
- The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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