Dog friendly restaurants

Whitehall Tavern in Buckhead: A highly rated Peachtree Road American tavern with a dog-welcoming outdoor area, pub food, beer, cocktails, live music, and a relaxed game-day feel.

bartaco in Chastain Park: A casual taco-and-cocktail spot near Chastain where dogs are permitted outside, making it an easy patio stop after a neighborhood walk.

Local Expedition Wood Fired Grill in Alpharetta and Sandy Springs: A locally sourced, relaxed restaurant with BBQ and globally influenced dishes that explicitly allows dogs both inside and outside.

Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar in Dunwoody: A lodge-style American comfort-food restaurant with a large patio designed to accommodate guests dining with dogs.

Tuscany Cafe & Bistro in Alpharetta: A cozy café with pasta, panini, brunch, and a dog-friendly outdoor patio—especially suited to a quieter daytime meal.

Corner Cafe in Buckhead: A sunny Buckhead café known for fresh baked goods, breakfast, brunch, and lunch, with dogs allowed at its outdoor seating area.

Dog friendly bars

Fetch Park in various locations: A social dog park and bar concept where dogs play in the fenced park while people can order beer, cocktails, and bar food; membership or a day pass may be required for dogs.

Eclipse di Luna in Buckhead: This energetic tapas and cocktail venue welcomes dogs on its patio and pairs small plates with Latin music and a lively evening atmosphere.

Treehouse Restaurant & Pub in Buckhead: A woodsy neighborhood pub with a popular lush patio where dogs are allowed outside, plus American comfort food, beer, and cocktails.

Culinary Dropout in Dunwoody: A spacious, patio-equipped gastropub-style restaurant and bar with craft cocktails, comfort food, frequent music, and dogs allowed outdoors.

Bucket Shop Cafe in Buckhead: A large Buckhead sports bar and grill with craft beer, cocktails, pub food, live music, and dog-friendly indoor and outdoor seating.

Leash-required parks

Morgan Falls Overlook Park in Sandy Springs: A riverfront destination with Chattahoochee views, trails, picnic areas, playgrounds, restrooms, and dog-friendly grounds outside the dedicated dog area.

Little Nancy Creek Park in Buckhead/Chastain: A pleasant, dog-friendly neighborhood park with creekside green space, picnic areas, and a playground that works well for a relaxed leashed dog walk.

Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs: A quiet nature preserve with easy-to-follow trails, creek views, free parking, and dog-friendly access for a lower-key walk.

Rock Mill Park in Alpharetta: A smaller dog-friendly community park with paths, picnic facilities, an amphitheater, and the historic 1824 grist mill.

Morningside Nature Preserve near Buckhead: A forested urban preserve with a scenic creek and informal trails that is popular for leashed dog walks, trail running, and getting away from traffic.

Grant Park in Grant Park: Atlanta's oldest park, established in 1883 when Colonel Lemuel P. Grant gifted 100 acres to the city, now a 131.5-acre Olmsted-designed green space with walking paths, picnic pavilions and Zoo Atlanta.

Chastain Park in Buckhead: The second-largest city park in Atlanta at 268 acres near the northern edge of the city, with jogging paths, playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts, a golf course, horse park and amphitheater.

Historic Fourth Ward Park in Old Fourth Ward: A 17-acre model of green engineering built around a stormwater pond, with fountains and waterfall features, walking trails, an amphitheater and the city's first public skate park.

Candler Park in Candler Park: 55 acres of green space just east of Little Five Points with a nine-hole golf course, tennis and basketball courts, pool and playground, connecting to Freedom Park for a walkable tour of Atlanta's storied sites.

Shirley Clarke Franklin Park (formerly Westside Park) in Grove Park: Atlanta's largest greenspace at 280 acres, built around the former Bellwood Quarry with two and a half miles of trails, open fields, meadows and cliff-top viewing spots overlooking the quarry and the skyline.

Freedom Park in Poncey-Highland/ Inman Park: Atlanta's largest linear park and its only designated Art Park, linking seven historic neighborhoods with 8 miles of gently curving paths for walking, jogging and cycling and easy access to the BeltLine.

Perkerson Park in Capitol View/Sylvan Hills: A 50-acre park offering greenspace, trails and plenty of shade all under a canopy of huge oak trees, plus a splash pad with granite sculptures by local artist Maria Artemis.

Rodney Cook Sr. Park in Historic Vine City: A 16-acre park offering a place to play, exercise and relax, with a large playground, splash pad, workout equipment and green space, engineered to capture and store up to 10 million gallons of stormwater.

off-leash parks

Brookhaven Dog Park in Brookhaven: One of the area’s larger fenced dog parks, with ample running room, shaded walking paths, and a creek-side setting.

Morgan Falls River Park Dog Park in Sandy Springs: A dedicated off-leash dog area within Morgan Falls River Park, combining a dog run with river views, picnic infrastructure, and adjacent leashed walking space.

Newtown Dream Dog Park in Johns Creek: A spacious fenced dog park with separate small- and large-dog sections, sprinklers, obstacles, benches, and room for energetic play.

Waggy World Paw Park in Alpharetta: The fenced dog park at Wills Park offers a clean, roomy setting for off-leash exercise close to downtown Alpharetta.

Piedmont Park in Midtown: : Atlanta's 211-acre signature park with a large, fenced off-leash section at the north end with separate areas for large and small dogs, shade, water stations, and benches.

Freedom Barkway in Old Fourth Ward: A two-acre community dog park with separate areas for large and small dogs, recently renovated on the large-dog side with a Park Pride grant funding more trees, plants, drinking fountains and a shade structure.

Renaissance Parkin Old Fourth Ward: A dog park occupying the upper portion of Renaissance Park, with separate large and small dog spaces offering trees, benches, seasonal water fountains and views of the downtown and midtown skyline.

Kirkwood Park in Kirkwood: A half-acre lot inside Gilliam Park with two fenced areas for large and small dogs, run by volunteers and neighbors through a collaboration between the Kirkwood Neighborhood Association and the Kirkwood Business Owners' Association.

South Bend Park in Lakewood Heights: A 2-plus-acre fenced dog park with separate areas for large and small dogs, steep inclines and a water hose, where kiddie pools, water fountains and shade trees keep dogs comfortable.

Walker Park in Edgewood/Reynoldstown: A neighborhood park with a playground, green space for pickup sports and a dog park where furry companions can exercise and socialize, alongside an outdoor inline hockey rink and a community garden.

Mozley Park in Mozley Park: The Westside's first off-leash dog park, a Park Pride-funded acre with separate fenced sections for large and small breeds, an agility climber for big dogs and a tunnel for small ones, shaded by large trees.

Melvin Drive Park in Southwest Atlanta: A dog park completed in December 2023 by the city's Parks and Recreation Department with Park Pride, featuring a fountain, a doggy shower and separate sections for large dog runs over 30 pounds and small dog runs under 30 pounds.

dog friendly trails

Blue Heron Nature Preserve in Buckhead/Chastain: A 30-acre preserve near Chastain with creekside paths, wildflowers, environmental programming, and dog-friendly walking routes.

Big Trees Forest Preserve in Sandy Springs: A 30-acre streamside forest with signed trails and a mix of easy walking paths and more natural terrain for leashed dogs.

Big Creek Greenway in Alpharetta: A paved, accessible multiuse greenway for walking, jogging, biking, birding, and leashed dog walks, with several useful access points around Alpharetta.

Autrey Mill Nature Preserve in Johns Creek: A wooded preserve with multiple trails, a creek, heritage buildings, and nature exhibits; dogs are allowed on the grounds and trails.

South Peachtree Creek Trail in Brookhaven/Decatur: A scenic, mostly approachable walking and hiking route connecting Mason Mill and Medlock Park, with wooded scenery, a creek, and dogs permitted outside.

Atlanta BeltLine — Eastside Trail in Midtown to Reynoldstown: A combination of multi-use trail and linear greenspace, the first finished section of the BeltLine in the old rail corridor, running from the tip of Piedmont Park to Reynoldstown past murals, food halls and dog-friendly patios.

Atlanta BeltLine — Westside Trail in West End / Washington Park: A 3.2-mile stretch from I-20 to West Marietta Street winding through some of Atlanta's oldest and most historic neighborhoods, convenient to MARTA and buzzing with art displays and community pride.

Atlanta BeltLine — Northside Trail in Collier Hills / Buckhead: A trail winding through Tanyard Creek Park that is one of the most secluded and picturesque stretches of the BeltLine, with an active CSX railroad trestle passing directly overhead.

Atlanta BeltLine — Northeast Trail in Midtown to Armour: A route stretching from Peachtree Creek just north of I-85 south to Monroe Drive at Piedmont Park, passing Ansley Golf Club and Ansley Mall along the park's eastern edge, totalling 2.9 miles when complete.

Cascade Springs Nature Preserve in Cascade Heights: A 135-acre preserve in southwest Atlanta whose trails lead through a wild landscape of tumbling streams, a waterfall and peaceful woods with earthworks from Atlanta's Civil War past.

Freedom Park Trail in Virginia-Highland to Inman Park: A greenway trail connecting neighborhoods from Virginia-Highland to Inman Park, passing The Carter Center and meeting the Stone Mountain Trail at the midway point.

Chastain Park Trail in Buckhead: One of PATH's busiest trails and mostly an easy walk, with two loops, one around the golf course and another north of the Galloway School, amphitheatre and playground.

Doll's Head Trail at Constitution Lakes in Southeast Atlanta: A short hike dedicated to found art cutting through a 125-acre urban nature preserve of wetlands and man-made ponds, on the site of an abandoned 19th-century brick factory whose deep clay pits filled with rainwater.