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If you can’t tell a book by its cover, you can’t tell a restaurant by its name. Sleeping Dog Tavern conjures up images of a sports bar with lots of beer and standard pub fare, which pretty much describes its former incarnation. At first glance, when you descend below street level into a subterranean lounge with two televisions (down from the previous seven), it’s what you still expect. Bogey wouldn’t be out of place at the large bar in a dimly lit room with plum colored ceilings, an unobtrusive carpet, dark tables and black chairs. The “outdoor” tables in the airy San Francisco Street...

Saturday, March 1, 2008
by Barry Fields and Michelle Vest (Photographer) • localflavor magazine