Personally, I can see why there is a law prohibiting dogs in restaurants, and I think it's a valid law.

If all dogs were like our dogs, clean, well-cared for, well-trained ... no problem.

But, we all know, this is not the case.

I would not want to be eating dinner at a restaurant, and the person at the table next to me had a dog with mange .... or fleas, or ticks, or tape worms. I would not want to be eating lunch, and have someone's dog decide to take a potty break six inches from my chair.