luvsdawgs Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 Then again, the dog owners could very well become "regulars" and give a steady and reliable income, unlike those who travel from restaurant to restaurant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVGRINGO Posted September 24, 2016 Report Share Posted September 24, 2016 They may take your advice on menu items, but should ignore it on pets and smoking. We enjoyed your food, Rick, a couple of times, many years ago. However, we did not make any return visits because of your incessant smoking and the dogs/pet owners, who you seemed to love more than the other potential customers. So, we voted with our feet. I suspect you may be giving the new guys bad advice on the “pet friendly“ theme, and encouraging them to break the laws of Jalisco, as well as chasing away the majority of potential customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 If it is going to be pet friendly Chicka and I will be regulars, so we will have El Jarden, Davids, Goshas , Cocinarte and now this restaurant for our breakfast and lunches, all walking distance from our Casas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shira Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 I had two dogs/ They never went to a restaurant. They were better off home where they were free to roam and I was free to eat without having to keep an eye on them. Just like smokers who went to restaurants and stunk up the place and polluted the air it is selfish to to push your dog on others and also cause a problem for the restaurant owner legally and creating a loss of business for them. You may think they appreciate your business but how many more people would patronize a good place if no pets allowed and both you and the ones who do not wish to share the space with your dog could enjoy being there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 Dios mio. Another "dog in restaurants" thread. REALLY??? These new restauranteurs haven't even opened yet, or set their policy as far as anyone knows. Quit tarnishing the place prematurely. Maybe the two warring "doggy" sides could give the argument a rest for a bit....out of common courtesy and fairness to the people starting up the restaurant. At least wait until it opens...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 10 hours ago, Travis said: Dios mio. Another "dog in restaurants" thread. REALLY??? These new restauranteurs haven't even opened yet, or set their policy as far as anyone knows. Quit tarnishing the place prematurely. Maybe the two warring "doggy" sides could give the argument a rest for a bit....out of common courtesy and fairness to the people starting up the restaurant. At least wait until it opens...... That's not the case at all. He has made it very plain what his policy will be. Read his posts on the subject, and that's the reason people are back on the old argument. There are only two "doggy" sides: the "entitled" vs. the ones who follow the Mexican laws. The latter leave their pets at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexy Posted September 25, 2016 Report Share Posted September 25, 2016 What's the point of arguing about dog friendly or not when the restaurant hasn't even opened and we're not even sure of the menu? Saying they're "leaning toward" pet friendly is just the wrong thing to say with our population so divided on the topic. These owners will follow the law or they won't. We'll go there or we won't if dogs are allowed. Put it to rest for now. Lexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostlylost Posted October 2, 2016 Report Share Posted October 2, 2016 Dog discussion. Pets don't belong in restaurants. I have seen dogs urinating on outdoor chairs and more. Restaurant owners here are by cultural norms don't want to offend so they put up with it as they do with a street vendor selling food in their restaurant. Pet owners please....if you need your animal with you to eat ....eat at home. I have a dog. My dog can stay by himself for a couple of hours. Another note...Just yesterday I saw a restaurant patron petting a street dog in a restaurant then eating their sandwich. What they didn't know was minutes before that dog was rolling in the street in another dogs defication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegarn Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 On 10/2/2016 at 9:24 AM, Mostlylost said: Dog discussion. Pets don't belong in restaurants. I have seen dogs urinating on outdoor chairs and more. Restaurant owners here are by cultural norms don't want to offend so they put up with it as they do with a street vendor selling food in their restaurant. Pet owners please....if you need your animal with you to eat ....eat at home. I have a dog. My dog can stay by himself for a couple of hours. Another note...Just yesterday I saw a restaurant patron petting a street dog in a restaurant then eating their sandwich. What they didn't know was minutes before that dog was rolling in the street in another dogs defication. Eeewwww! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 Just a comment for the OP. Frankly, this area is glutted with restaurants. They come and they go with great frequency and usually the reasons are either they don't serve good eats at competitive prices, their locations lack, or they do other things which cause a substantial portion of the potential clientele to avoid the place. Like smoking for example. Or crowding the tables, noisy amateurish music and obvious lack of attention to cleanliness. Or failure to control flies, a common problem around here. Or bad service. Or uncomfortable furniture. Or, or, or... Or dogs. Lots of things can kill an otherwise promising start particularly when there are so many alternatives only a few doors away. It is a very tough business under the best of conditions and Lakeside is a brutally competitive market with very hard to please customers. And once a customer decides not to come back, they are generally gone for good and while they are at it may share their experience and impressions with others. Supposedly one turned off customer may make up to 10 contacts sharing the negative experience. I'd think long and hard on that last one. For every dog dependent that won't eat some place because they are observing the law and don't allow pets, there are probably a significantly greater number of people who avoid restaurants with dogs, including us. Even the cleanest dogs shed hair and dander. Too often they are tugging at the leash, out in the aisles and sometimes "communicating." Not what we care to have at meal time. Plenty of places to eat without that. Restaurants are a lousy place if you are a dog. All that food you can't have. All that furniture. All those strangers. Those other dogs you can't visit with. Your owner constantly pulling on your leash and making you sit or lay down when that's the last thing you want to do. Finally, the fact is that the law prohibits pets in restaurants in this state. Now we all know how lax law enforcement is here--until it isn't. A couple of places found out the hard way that when they decide to enforce the law it can be very painful. Why add this possibility to all the obstacles to success that every restaurant faces? Give yourselves the greatest opportunity to succeed by avoiding the obvious turn offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 3, 2016 Report Share Posted October 3, 2016 There was a dog at Tabarka on Saturday night. He was very well-behaved. I won't be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Is the restaurant open yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexy Posted October 8, 2016 Report Share Posted October 8, 2016 Maybe the two gentlemen who have hired Rick to give advice on restaurant owning in this area will have to opportunity to read this thread. It will give them all the pros and cons of allowing diners to bring pets. And, oh, yes, a reminder of the fact that pets in restaurants are illegal. Then they might decide to concentrate on good food and service. Our dog never spent time in a restaurant dining room. Because he shouldn't be there. In addition, we know he'd hate every minute of being surrounding by the aroma of good eats and he wouldn't be getting any. Sheer torture. Lexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 When are they going to open? Had breakfast there this morning--garbage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevalerieleigh Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 We're looking forward to their opening, dog friendly or not. We'll be there! We've missed some of Heidi and Rick's great Breakfast offerings since they closed and it sounds like these new guys will be using some of their great recipes. Excited! Val Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gringal Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 3 hours ago, tomgates said: When are they going to open? Had breakfast there this morning--garbage! How about getting a little more specific about "garbage"? How so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I did not know it had opened yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Garbage, like in horrid, inedible. This is the existing restaurant, not the new one that is being reported on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComputerGuy Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I'm not sure which restaurant is currently in that locaiton... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virgogirl Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 I second that emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artsnob Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 When did they open a restaurant in the building after Mel left, I live in the neighborhood and go out to plaza every dayfor breakfast and did not know it was there,..,total mystery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Just to clear up any misunderstandings, before the new restaurant even opens.....The restaurant that is currently operating at Ajijic Plaza Suites is called La Terraza and will have absolutely nothing to do with the new restaurant "Jimmy D's Cafe", which will be serving a great breakfast, using Rick and Heidi's recipes. After the new restaurant opens, La Terraza will no longer be serving breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Correct Henry. They are planning to open Dec 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecoons Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 I'm still confused. Will two restaurants be operating at the same location, one in the morning, one in the afternoon/evening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomgates Posted October 15, 2016 Report Share Posted October 15, 2016 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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