Jimbo, I've taken my little maltese to dozens of restaurants all over Florida for the past 12 years and have not had a problem. Of course we're seated on the outside patio. So much for the law.
On topic, you will find that there are many small dogs in TV. It's a lot easier to clean up after them as opposed to the big dogs. My Duffy hated the grass in Florida so he avoided it and used pp pads.