A new restaurant has landed at 84 T Street NW in Bloomingdale, and it wants to feed your dog almost as much as it wants to feed you. Bramble & Rye, opened by co-owners Anthony Brooks and Jeremiah Brooks, serves wood-fired coastal cooking to neighborhood residents, plus a dedicated dog menu on its patio for their four-legged companions.
Jeremiah Brooks, a chef with 25 years in the restaurant industry, and Anthony Brooks live just blocks from the new spot, according to Axios. The pair previously ran a restaurant in Delaware before it closed, and Anthony Brooks said they were never going to open another restaurant after that.
“I can't believe we're doing this again,” Anthony Brooks said after the Établi opportunity arose in their neighborhood, per the same Axios account. Yet here they are, running the wood-fired oven — nicknamed Penny, a Marra Forni model — that anchors the kitchen at Bramble & Rye.
A Bloomingdale Address With a Revolving Door
Bramble & Rye took over the former Établi space, but the transition wasn't a clean handoff. Établi founders Kathleen Davis and Thomas Boisvert actually joined Jeremiah and Anthony Brooks as co-owners of the new concept after closing their restaurant in August, according to the Bediz Group. Établi had originally planned to close in December but moved that timeline up to launch the new venture sooner.
The commercial address itself has seen a lot of turnover. In under six years, 84 T Street NW has housed Tyber Creek Wine Bar until 2021, Établi from 2021 through this past August, and now Bramble & Rye, per the Bediz Group's account of the storefront's history.
Wood-Fired Menu Meets a Dog Menu Called Paw-tio
On the human side, the menu leans into seafood, vegetables, house-made breads and charcuterie, including focaccia with homemade ricotta, octopus carpaccio, Creole shrimp scampi, and wood-fired brisket with charred leek chimichurri, per Axios. Sunday brunch runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by an afternoon happy hour.
Then there's Paw-tio, the restaurant's menu built for dogs. It includes pumpkin-peanut butter treats, a salmon puppy poke bowl finished with a soy-like beef reduction, and a banana-and-berry popsicle served with a pizzle handle. Axios reports that Bramble & Rye is the only D.C. restaurant offering a bully stick dessert.
The Rules Behind Dining With Dogs
None of this would be legal without a 2017 change to D.C. law. The D.C. Council unanimously passed the Dining With Dogs Emergency Act that October, permitting restaurants to welcome leashed dogs onto outdoor patios and sidewalk cafés, according to DCist. The bill followed a D.C. Health Department enforcement push that had triggered resident complaints.
The regulations that came with it are specific: dogs must be leashed, restaurant employees are barred from touching the animals, indoor dining areas remain off-limits to pets, and businesses must provide designated pet waste disposal, per DCist's reporting on the law. Nationally, Section 6-501.115 of the 2022 FDA Model Food Code later added explicit guidance allowing pet dogs in outdoor dining spaces when local regulators approve it, serving as a template for health codes elsewhere, according to the Pet Weather App.
A Bigger Appetite for Pet-Friendly Dining
Bramble & Rye's dog menu taps into a fast-growing market. Total U.S. pet industry spending hit $158 billion in 2025, up 3.7% from the year before, and is projected to climb to $165 billion in 2026, according to the American Pet Products Association. Dog ownership now reaches 53% of U.S. households, roughly 71 million homes, a jump of 4 million households from 2024 led largely by Gen Z, Millennials, and Gen X, per the same trade group.
Bramble & Rye's Paw-tio menu includes a salmon poke bowl for dogs, bringing a familiar dish to its offerings for pets.
Still, dog-friendly patios haven't been without friction. A viral local debate among D.C. diners and restaurant owners in spring 2026 surfaced growing frustration over unleashed or disruptive dogs on outdoor patios, with complaints centered on owners letting pets onto chairs instead of keeping them leashed on the floor, according to a video posted by the Fox Homes Team. That backdrop means Bramble & Rye's Paw-tio patio will likely draw scrutiny from both dog owners and neighboring diners as it settles into its new Bloomingdale home.
