For Well-Heeled Pooches, Fine Dining Al Fresco

At a recent lunch at his favorite restaurant, David Fountain ordered the chicken sandwich with a glass of Chardonnay. His companion, Hannah, got the restaurant’s Gravy Train, a chicken with demi-glace and rice dish, and a bowl of water.

Hannah, a champagne-colored poodle, was one of the four-legged diners having lunch on the patio at Citron, a restaurant in the Viceroy Hotel in Palm Springs, Calif. Mr. Fountain spends four afternoons a week at the restaurant because it is quiet enough to conduct business – and dogs are welcomed. “She’ll have one of her meals of the day there. She enjoys the whole atmosphere,” says Mr. Fountain, a 63-year-old attorney mediator.

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