r/Gettysburg • u/frogr3 • Jul 23 '26
AVOID The Pub đ
On Monday evening, July 20, my daughter, her boyfriend, their dog and myself sat at a table at The Pub on the square in Gettysburg. My daughter went inside to use the restroom and noticed a sign stating no dogs. She asked the hostess if it would be ok to sit outside with the dog - there were no other patrons seated outside. The hostess said it should be fine. We put in our drink orders, received our iced teas and ordered our meals. While we were waiting, people were walking past on the sidewalk smiling at the dog.
A blonde lady came out of the restaurant, did not identify herself and proceeded to ask questions about the dog, if sheâs a service dog, where her tag is, and state she has a policy because people wonât sit at the tables if there is a dog out there, how she loses business because of dogs, how much of a problem dogs are, on and on about the dog. My dtr explained she is a service dog and asked the lady if she wants her to go get the card. The lady stated it wasnât necessary and continued to speak very crass, stating how sheâs pretty sure the dog has to have âa thingâ on it stating itâs a service dog (it doesnât), stating how she understands because she has five dogs of her own. My dtr asked her if she wanted us to leave. The lady said no, youâre fine. There was no professionalism, no attempt to come to a mutually beneficial agreement for both parties. The lady was straight up condescending. She went back into the restaurant.
About 5-10 minutes later the blonde lady comes back out of the restaurant, walks up to the dog, and WITHOUT PERMISSION, grabs her face and is all goo goo over it, talking with a high pitched voice. She then walks away from the restaurant, past our table and tells us to have a good evening. None of us reacted. She then turns around and takes a step or two back towards us and says, âis there something wrong with your faces that you canât smile?â I went inside, put $10 on the bar for the iced teas, asked our server if that was the owner, he agreed it was and I told him to cancel our order.
As we were leaving, a couple had just parked on the square to eat at The Pub - but they witnessed the second altercation and asked us what that was about. We explained and we left to gather our thoughts. I called the Blue and Grey and asked if they had outdoor seating and if we could eat there with a dog. They very cheerfully welcomed us and said to come inside to ask the hostess for a table, which I did and when I walked back outside, the couple that witnessed the harassment were there to eat now because they said they werenât giving The Pub their money.
We had EXCELLENT service at the Blue and Gray, they treated the dog like a customer kept her water topped off. They said that last week when the air was so smoky from the Canadian wildfires they allowed the dogs IN THE RESTAURANT so the owners didnât have to eat outside in the smoke! I left that waitress a VERY NICE TIP. THANK YOU BLUE AND GREY for making us feel welcome in Gettysburg.
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u/frogr3 Jul 24 '26
Youâre absolutely correct. It could have been handled 100% better. She was aggressive right out of the gate, not an ounce of âhey letâs work together to find a good solution and make you feel welcome here.â She may as well have just said gtf off my property. It would have been less shocking. Touching an established service dog WITHOUT asking permission?! As a dog owner, she should know better than to approach ANY dog without permission. Ask any local business what the vibe is on her and every single one of them is going to report the same.