Five patios built with a dog in mind — including one wrapped around a one-acre off-leash park.
Your dog deserves a good patio just as much as you do. Five spots across Denton County where the outdoor seating was built with a dog in mind.
The shortlist
The Shacks Dining & Dog Park. Six restaurants around a one-acre off-leash dog park, with separate areas for different sizes. Your dog gets a full run while you pick between burgers, pizza, tacos, BBQ, and sushi. Not a compromise — both at once.
Mutts on Tap. A taproom built around the dog park, not the other way around. Twenty rotating Texas taps and a fenced outdoor space where dogs run free and you stay cold-beer comfortable.
The Tavern at Lakeside. Covered, heated, and fanned, so the patio works year-round — and it’s genuinely pet-friendly, not just tolerant. From-scratch cooking and a full bar behind it.
Oak St. Drafthouse. Seventy-plus mostly-Texas taps in one of the oldest buildings in Denton, with a sprawling deck under century-old live oaks. Feels like someone’s backyard, if their backyard had that tap list.
Buffalo Hirsch Cocktail Truckyard. An open-air cocktail yard in Old Town Lewisville — rotating food trucks, string lights, and no indoor room to retreat to. All outside, which is exactly the point.
Save this for your next patio day with the dog.