An Army veteran is helping to educate the world about the importance of service dogs and the laws regarding them via a viral Facebook post. The Chicago based restaurant ousted the vet because he had his trusted service dog with him.
Major Diggs Brown has spent over 30 years of his life serving his country. He has been on multiple tours (including Afghanistan), and as anyone could imagine, his time in the Army left him with some pretty deep scars.
Brown lives in Colorado, and when he was readying himself for his trip back from the windy city, he decided to treat himself to a pleasant breakfast at one of Chicago’s finest French bistros, Cochon Volant. Brown and Arthur were quietly seated at a table, as per normal. However, when the hostess approached him she had no intention of taking his breakfast order. Rather, she told him that he wasn’t allowed to keep his dog in the bistro, service dog or not. Clearly, the young hostess wasn’t up to date on her ADA training. Brown politely informed the waitress that Arthur is a service dog. He explained that, according to federal law, he was allowed to have his service dog anywhere he went, including restaurants. Seeming to understand, the waitress went ahead and took his order. Unfortunately, though, Brown would never get his breakfast. Before his order came the waitress returned to his table demanding him to leave the premises. “This is my service dog, he can go wherever I go, it’s the law,” Brown insisted. The waitress’s ignorant response? “I don’t care, you need to leave. We don’t have dogs in the restaurant.”