I live within walking distance and have been wanting to walk over with my two dogs since they supposedly have a dog-friendly patio as it states in a post on their Facebook page back in June when they were determining the patio status. So, yesterday me with my two small dogs and a friend with his dog walked over to sit on the patio and have a few beers. Well, they are not dog-friendly on the patio to our disappointment, which is the only reason we tried the restaurant. We agreed to tether our dogs to the fence railing right outside the patio gate and sit at the table right by the gate. All was OK and we decided to try the pizza. Before finishing, the manager (I think) who allowed us to tether the dogs by the gate entry to the patio came out and said the owner was in and very upset about the dogs. Anyway, long story short...
The beer selection is awesome.
Our service was wonderful -- Victoria.
The pizza was fairly good but too pricey for what it is. ($22.50 for a 16" specialty pizza, for example)
I doubt we patronize the restaurant much more because the attractive feature for us was the dog-friendly patio. It's a shame as there are many responsible dog owners in the area who would walk over and enjoy the patio.
Dec. 11, 2013:
Decided to try this restaurant again. I was pleased to see they have brought the insanely high former specialty pizza prices down to a reasonable level of 10" $10, 14" $14, 18" $18...and it's nice to have three size choices now instead of only 10" and 16". It was also nice they allowed me to do a half and half pizza choice on a 14" to try two of their specialties.
I would still go here far more often if they were dog-friendly on the patio. The Mexican restaurant a few doors down allows dogs on their patio so they get most of my business in the area. I got various reasons at The Rusty Onion of why they changed their dog-friendly policy with one person saying any restaurant that serves food cannot allow dogs on the patio. Completely false, as I told him. There's a plethora of restaurants in Charlotte that allow dogs with their owners -- that's good business and definitely brings in more money for the proprietor!
http://www.bringfido.com/restaurant/city/charlotte_nc_us/