Dogue – pronounced like vogue – is a San Francisco eatery just for dogs. And on Sundays, it offers a $75 tasting menu
Since its debut in March, the prix fixe for pups instantly attracted a fair bit of rage, ridicule and rumination about late stage capitalism and societal decline. Inevitably, it also drew in hordes of millennial dog parents from the Bay Area and beyond.On a recent weekend, a group of mutts at the tables up front were happily wolfing shortbread cookies, frosted with a wild game-infused icing.
Next came a beef-liver flan with pumpkin pearls, under an edible honeycomb cage. Cole chased the plump, gelatinous, pumpkin-flavored beads as they bounced off his bowl and across the marble table.Taylor Tsai and Mona Tian with their dog Jojo, who was celebrating her birthday.Cole was baffled and delighted by the presentation of each course. And like many of us are, he was at times intimidated by the fancy place settings. Perhaps all the more because he lacks opposable thumbs.
The cafe’s presence in San Francisco, a city with stark wealth inequalities, and in the Mission – a historical neighborhood that has undergone an accelerated, painful gentrification in recent years – became a symbol for some of the city’s failures. “The idea of all these social and financial inequalities is not lost me,” said Massarweh. “And that’s something that is, I think, way too big of a burden for a dog store to handle.”
Dogue is named after the French word for mastiff. And although Massarweh’s Sunday tasting menus have gotten the most attention so far, he focuses on selling fresh dog food and training treats the rest of the week.Melissa Wilkerson brought Roger, her retired cocker spaniel show dog, for a special treat and laughed at herself as she unboxed a purple, rose-shaped pastry from its beribboned box.
The two settled into a bench and watched a pouffy little bichon, delicately licking a fluffy white confection the size and shape of her face. At the counter, a bug-eyed Boston terrier in a hoodie glanced indecisively at the pastry case. Some dogs were more interested in wrestling than eating, while others sat poised and proper at the table.“I’m really into fine dining for myself and like doing tasting menus,” said Monique Rao, who brought Pickles to celebrate the dog’s 15th birthday.
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