City Dog Love: Your Guide to Dog-Friendly Chicago

Forty-eight-year-old shelter at Paulina and Devon taking both dogs and cats. Adoptions by appointment, same day often available.

Dogs-only rescue on Elston taking pulls from open-intake shelters and owner surrenders. Walk-in appointments Thursday to Sunday, noon to 6pm.

Two patios a block off the Magnificent Mile, open from 11am or 11:30am daily — a rare downtown option that does not wait until evening.

The first Andersonville venue in this directory. Irish bar and restaurant on Clark with a hundred-deep beer list, open from noon and from 11am at weekends.

The first Uptown venue in this directory. Neighborhood bar whose patio is first come, first served and closes at 11pm, with weekend brunch from 11am.

A corner bar with a private beer garden that says in its own words it is dog friendly inside and out. The first Bucktown venue in this directory.

The first dog-friendly cafe on the site south of the Loop. Opens at 7am every day in the Prairie District, with a Puppuccino on its own menu.

The first dog-friendly place to sit down in Pilsen on this site. Tree-covered patio cafe on 18th Street whose own menu includes a Puppuccino. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Bridgeport taqueria with a busy dog-friendly patio, and a dog treat truck that visits on Wednesday nights. The directory's first South Side patio.

Independent brewery on Walnut Street near the United Center. Its own site invites visitors to bring friends, dogs included.

Logan Square bar and burger spot whose own site calls its patio dog-friendly. Fireplaces, TVs, and open late seven days.

Family-owned North Center brewery that calls itself dog-friendly on its own site, a few blocks from Horner Park's off-leash area.