Arlington Is USA's Most Dog-Friendly City: Yelp

ARLINGTON, VA -- The best city in America for man's best friend is right here in Arlington. That's according to a new report from Yelp.

Yelp released the report in honor of National Dog Day on Aug. 26. Arlington beat out Tampa (2nd) and West Hollywood (3rd) for the No. 1 spot. Dallas, Portland, Minneapolis, Colorado Springs, Seattle, Jersey City, and Phoenix rounded out the top 10.

"To compile this list, we scored cities based on the percentage of page views in the Active categories that are for dog parks, percentage of page views in the Pets categories that are for dog walkers, and the percentage of businesses in the restaurants, bars, coffee, hotels, and beaches categories for which we had data on whether they indicated they allowed dogs," the report states. "Only 2 cities per state were included for geographic diversity."

Yelp didn't go into detail on what Arlington scored, but advised dog-owners to take their canine friend to Paramount Cafe, the Celtic House Irish Pub & Restaurant, or Ambar.

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