'You Drink, They Eat': Family From 'Pit Bulls And Parolees' Has A French Quarter Eatery For Dog Lovers

Tahyo Tavern takes its name from a Cajun term for a hungry dog. Its kitchen serves straightforward fare, though it has more fresh and handmade touches and more meatless options than the typical pub. Chef Mary Jane Rosas, a familiar face from other local restaurants, makes sweet potato hummus and a daily-changing vegetable flatbread alongside burgers and wings, salads and, fittingly, hush puppies and hot dogs (see the full menu below).

A menu of snacks for dogs is in the works, and at the Tahyo Tavern, you can actually have a beer with your dog — the bar serves Bowser Beer, a nonalcoholic broth-based concoction. Served in longneck bottles, these "beers" sport labels showing individual dogs from the Villalobos Rescue Center. People drinks are named for dogs, too. A Crown Royal-based cocktail called the Tatanka, for instance, is dedicated to the first pit bull to come through the rescue program.

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