Dogs Will Have Their Day at Corner Coffee This Saturday

When we at Sidewalk Dog finally got around to launching the Sidewalk Dog Directory last summer, we threw ourselves a party to celebrate. And just where did we hold our fabulously dog-friendly celebration? At fabulously dog-friendly Corner Coffee in Downtown Minneapolis’ North Loop neighborhood.

This summer — this weekend, in fact — Corner Coffee is hosting their own dog-friendly event. They’re calling it “Dog’s Day Out,” and it’s this Saturday from 4-5PM.

Here’s what you’ll find:

• Live music by folk singer-songwriter Trish Painter. Painter’s new Dog Tracks album features “original songs about and inspired by dogs — their adventures, their dreams and their lives of snooping around and loving life.”
• Contests galore (Best Trick, Owner Look-Alike, Best Dressed, Biggest Dog, Smallest Dog, etc.)
• Killer coffee (duh)
• Free stuff and special offers from MadDog Delivers, Who Let the Dogs Out, Aloha Pet Care, Own Your Pets Life, Downtown Dogs and Ollu Self-Serve Dog Wash, an “eco-conscious self-service dog washing facility” opening soon near St. Anthony Main.
• Information on Guardian Angels For Soldier’s Pet (GASP), a nonprofit dedicated to reuniting military service members with their pets following deployment or emergency hardship
• Information on The Pet Project, a new nonprofit helping the financially struggling keep their fur kids by providing pet food and basic supplies via local food shelves

Our advice: Go early — the first 150 to show up will get a free gift bag — and stay late.