White Dog Cafe | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1983 |
Owner(s) | Marty Grims |
Previous owner(s) | Judy Wicks |
Chef | Zach Grainda |
Food type | Local American |
City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Other locations | Wayne, Pennsylvania Haverford, Pennsylvania Glen Mills, Pennsylvania |
Website | www |
The White Dog Cafe is the name of four restaurants located in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area.[1] The restaurants employ dog-themed decor.[2] The first restaurant was founded in University City, Philadelphia by Judy Wicks in 1983.[3][4][5] Noted for its commitment to local food and environmental stewardship,[4][6][5] it became a Philadelphia institution.[7] In 1993 Conde Nast Traveler magazine recognized the White Dog Cafe as one of "50 American restaurants worth the journey".[8][9]
Wicks sold the restaurant in 2009 in order to be able to spend more time running the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, which she co-founded eight years earlier.[6] She sold the White Dog Cafe to restaurateur Marty Grims,[10] who opened its second location, in Wayne, Pennsylvania, in 2010,[11] and then a third location in Haverford, Pennsylvania in May 2015.[12] A fourth location in Glen Mills, Pennsylvania opened in September, 2020. [13]