Dog-Friendly Patios in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia — updated August 21, 2026
Eight Richmond bars, breweries and restaurants with outdoor seating, ranked by how settled their reputations are, with hours, happy hours and kitchen times so you can plan a visit with the dog in tow.
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Richmond's outdoor drinking and eating season runs long, and the places people take dogs cluster along the canal, out East Main and East Broad, and around the taprooms west of downtown. Dog policies are set by each business and can shift with the season, the weather and the staff on shift, so call ahead before you make the walk. What follows is ranked by how settled each reputation is, with the hours and happy hours we could confirm.
1. Casa Del Barco - Canal Walk
More than 5,200 reviews at 4.5 makes this the most thoroughly tested rating on the list, by a wide margin. The Canal Walk location sits at 320 S 12th Street, on the water side of downtown, and the kitchen runs Sunday through Thursday 11am to 9:30pm with last seating at 9, and Friday and Saturday until 10:30pm with last seating at 10. Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 2pm to 6pm, which is the quieter window for an outdoor table. The restaurant closes on Thanksgiving and Christmas, and on Super Bowl Sunday the last seating is 3pm.
2. The Hill Cafe
A 4.6 average across more than 1,400 reviews is the highest score here backed by real volume, which is why it sits second. The cafe is at 2800 E Broad Street and keeps a straightforward schedule: Monday through Saturday 11:30am to 10pm, Sunday brunch 10:30am to 3pm, then Sunday dinner from 4pm to 9pm. That Sunday gap between 3 and 4 catches people out. The kitchen posts specials, including pan-seared salmon with a char sui glaze, so it is worth asking what is running before you order off the printed menu.
3. Poe's Pub
Comfort food and a 4.5 rating from more than 1,100 reviews, at 2706 E Main Street. Closed Mondays. Tuesday and Wednesday it opens at 11am and runs to midnight, which makes it one of the later kitchens in this stretch of the East End. The menu leans to diner-style comfort cooking; the half rack of babyback ribs is a fixture on it. Online ordering runs directly through the pub's own site rather than a third party, useful if you would rather eat outside without waiting on a table.
4. River City Roll
Rated 4.4 across more than 1,200 reviews, at 939 Myers Street. The schedule is the thing to know: Tuesday through Thursday 3pm to 10pm, Friday 3pm to 2am, Saturday 10:30am to 2am, and Sunday 10:30am to 9pm, with brunch until 3pm on both weekend days. Pizza runs Tuesday through Sunday from 3pm to 9pm, brunch pizza Saturday and Sunday 9am to 3pm, and there is a separate late-night menu Friday and Saturday from 10pm to 1am. Nothing opens before mid-afternoon on weekdays, so this is an evening stop.
5. Union Market
A neighborhood market and kitchen at 2306 Jefferson Avenue, rated 4.4 from 599 reviews, which is a decent sample if not a huge one. It is open 9am to 8:45pm daily, with breakfast served 9 to 11am and everything else from 11am on, so it covers more of the day than most of this list. Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 3pm to 6pm: $2 off draft beer, wine by the glass and snacks. The daily opening and the long midday service make it the easiest option here for an off-peak visit.
6. Main Line Brewery
A taproom at 1603 Ownby Lane, rated 4.5, though from 216 reviews, so treat the score as promising rather than proven. Closed Mondays. Tuesday 4 to 9pm, Wednesday through Friday 4 to 10pm, Saturday 1 to 10pm, Sunday 1 to 7pm, which means weekend afternoons are the only daytime option. The brewery pairs beer with live music and books food trucks rather than running a full kitchen, so check what is parked outside before you plan dinner around it. Non-alcoholic brews and sodas are sold for anyone not drinking.
7. Sheppard Street Tavern
A tavern at 2922 Park Avenue with a 4.2 rating from 469 reviews: a middling score on a moderate sample, so expectations should be set at solid neighborhood bar rather than destination. It opens at 3pm and runs to 2am early in the week, with happy hour Monday through Friday from 4pm to 7pm. The kitchen stays open until midnight every Friday and Saturday, later than most places nearby, and until 10pm otherwise. Wings by the pound, a baked mac and cheese and a chicken sandwich anchor the food menu. There is no website listed, so the phone is the way to confirm anything.
8. Southern Railway Taphouse
Last here because 4.1 across more than 1,600 reviews is the most settled and the most modest rating on the list. It sits at 100 S 14th Street with a maximum occupancy of 325, so it absorbs large groups better than anywhere else here. Closed Mondays. Tuesday 11:30am to 9pm, Wednesday and Thursday to 10pm, Friday and Saturday 11:30am to 2am, Sunday 11am to 9pm. Happy hour is listed on the taphouse's own site as weekdays 2pm to 6pm, with $3 rails and domestic bottles, cans and select drafts, plus $4 on most craft beers and wine by the glass; a separate city listing gives a Wednesday through Friday window, so confirm on arrival. The kitchen cooks from scratch.