Unfortunately, we do not accept reservations. We are First come, First serve! We strive to be equally fair to both our loyal local and out of town customers. If we have a waitlist at the time of your arrival, we will take your name and cell phone number. Then you will have the option to walk around town. Please keep your ringer and phone on because we will text you when your table is ready.
We do! With group sizes from 30-100 people you may have the option to buy out the restaurant. However, there are certain “black out” dates where we don’t allow “buy outs.” The rates fluctuate depending on various factors including: date, time, day of the week, season, holiday, festival, etc.
In order to accommodate our in-house customers and allow our kitchen to keep manageable ticket times we may stop to-go orders for a short period of time. During those times when we put a hold on to-go orders we may disable our phone system from taking incoming phone calls. This allows for our kitchen to catch up on the orders already processed.
A: The Brown Dog started in 2001 as Pacific Street Pizza. We grew out of that location, and moved to Colorado Avenue (Main Street) as well as changing our name to Brown Dog Pizza in 2004.
A: The distinctive name “Brown Dog” comes from the owners, Dan Lynch and Jeff “Smoke” Smokevitch, having owned chocolate Labrador retrievers–Phlounder and Boone.
A: According to the palates of the 2013 International Pizza Expo judges in Las Vegas, Nevada, it’s the best. Jeff Smokevitch received 1st place, garnering the Brown Dog chef the title of World Champion. Taste for yourself the #1 Pan Pizza in the World, it is now featured on Brown Dog’s menu.
A: es, Jeff “Smoke” Smokevitch played football on the 1997 National Championship-winning team. Smoke was teammates with Tom Brady, as well as several other current and former NFL players. Smoke and Tom both graduated in 1999 and played together for 5 years (redshirted in 1995). The freshman class of 1995 was arguably the best class ever in Michigan football history. 10 NFL players, 8 Super Bowl Championships, 2 future Hall of Famers. A Heisman trophy winner.
University of Michigan Football Class of 1995
David Bowens ILB, Tom Brady QB, Kevin Bryant WR, J.R. Ford RB, Steve Frazier C, James Hall OLB, Kenneth Jackson CB, DiAllo Johnson QB, Pat Kratus DE, Eric Moltane OL, Jeff Potts OL, Rob Renes NG, Tate Schanski RB, Aaron Shea TE, Jeff Smokevitch ILB, Tai Streets WR, Daydrion Taylor DB, Unwana Ubom WR, Brent Washington DB, Clarence Williams RB, Josh Williams DL, Charles Woodson DB.
A: While owner Dan Lynch does not hide the fact his favorite teams are from New England (you can often see him wearing a Red Sox cap), the Brown Dog is a melting pot of sports fans. It may as well be considered a Detroit/Michigan bar as well with fans of the Tigers, Lions, and Red Wings often coming in. The owner of the Wings and Tigers visited Brown Dog Pizza as well as the owner of the Lions, Bill Ford.
A: It’s obvious that we at The Brown Dog love our four legged furry friends, but unfortunately dogs are not allowed in the restaurant (this excludes Service Animals but not Companion or Assistance Animals as per Colorado Disabilities Law). Please park your pups outside during your meal. We appreciate your understanding.
A: The letters YX were the two-letter designation for those living in San Miguel County on license plates issued by the state. You could tell if someone was a native Telluridian by his or her license plate. The state did away with this identification system back in the 90s. Retired plates can be seen as decoration around Telluride–several adorn the walls of the Brown Dog.
