Some restaurant regulars are remembered for their favorite drink, their usual table or the meal they order every week. Mookie, a seven-pound Shih Tzu with a big personality, is remembered for something entirely different: his determination to receive a bacon treat.
Mookie has become a familiar and much-loved visitor at three local outdoor restaurant and bar destinations: The Swordfish Grill & Tiki Bar, Cortez Kitchen and Clancy’s Irish Sports Pub & Grill.
At each stop, bartenders, servers and other staff members greet him like an old friend. Some come over to say hello before they even speak to the humans at the table. Mookie happily accepts the attention, but he also knows why he is there…