I have been to this restaurant many many times over the years. Today, after meeting a friend at the Stroudsburg preserve to walk our dogs, I suggested we see if 4 Dogs has an outdoor spot Where we could sit for a late lunch. We...were lucky enough to get a table far removed from anyone, as my friend’s dog can be reactive.
After spending over $80 on sandwiches, drinks, tips; and a large part of the afternoon chatting with people who were passing by our table who wanted to talk about the dogs (our table sat by itself between the parking lot and the restaurant). The outdoor bartender approached from one side “ to clean up “ . As we were responding to him that we were about to leave, and the 2 bottles were the only thing that needed to be taken away, he mentions my friend’s dog behavior.
At that point , the owner/ manager approached from the other side aggressively telling us we had to leave “now”. The bartender scurried away at that point.
Never having been asked to leave anywhere before, I was a little stunned, but we were already in the midst of putting our leftovers in the bag, so we both said something like “ ok, we are leaving”.
Neither of us arguing on any level. The owner manager could not control himself and escalated his own anger, ranting the entire time we were packing. He stopped for a moment and started to step away ( I thought to myself, finally he is leaving). and then he spun back and started ranting again. Most of it was directed at my friend... I believe his last words were if she ever brings her dog back, he would “sue your ass”.
My friend’s dog can be reactive to certain situations/ people who were walking by. Not all people, by any means. As I mentioned, Quite a few patrons approached our table to talk about her ( the dog) .
At anytime throughout the afternoon, if anyone from management to the bartender had asked us to leave, if they thought our dog was scaring anyone, we would have complied. We had pleasant interactions with the bartender prior to this event. So, why did the owner have to attack, rant, and then threaten...all within probably less than 5 minutes at the end of our stay?
Very disappointing. I will never return. The area is lovely, the food is just ok, but I will miss the venue because of the location.More