Kirk Herbstreit Branded 'Menace' After NYC Steakhouse Dog Incident

Craig Carton (0:01)

All right, Carton Show.

So Kirk Herbstreet and Al Michaels had the call last night on a prime Thursday. Al Michaels had no idea that Final Pass was intercepted until about three minutes after it was intercepted, but that is what it is. But the night before, Kirk Herbstreet was eating dinner at a New York City steakhouse. Now I know where he was, but out of deference to how hard the restaurant business is, I'm not going to say the name of the steakhouse, all right?

Chris McMonigle (0:32)

Okay.

Craig Carton (0:33)

Because, you know, I'm sure the kind of the steakhouse looked bad.

Chris McMonigle (0:37)

Oh, okay.

Craig Carton (0:39)

So as you know, Kirk Herbstreet is the only guy that ever loved his dog. The rest of us are mere mortals. We don't love our dogs as much as Kirk Herbstreet loves his dog.

SPEAKER_3 (0:47)

No, he loves him.

Craig Carton (0:47)

He's the greatest dog owner of all time.

Chris McMonigle (0:49)

He loves his dog way more than we do.

SPEAKER_3 (0:50)

His dogs are the greatest dogs of all time.

Chris McMonigle (0:51)

Oh, clearly.

Craig Carton (0:52)

So Kirk Herbstreet, two nights ago, decides to go to a New York City steakhouse for a little dinner. And he decides, because he's the greatest dog owner of all time, to bring the dog into the restaurant with him.

Chris McMonigle (1:07)

Now, this is a nice steakhouse?

Craig Carton (1:10)

This is a very nice steakhouse. I've eaten at many times. Yeah, you can. Okay, in Midtown. Okay.

He's not an emotional support animal. Kirk Herbstreet is not blind. It's just his dog. Okay.

So he brings the dog into the restaurant, as if that's not bad enough. And that goes against every New York City law in regards to bringing animals into restaurants. You're not allowed to do it.

Chris McMonigle (1:34)

All right.

Craig Carton (1:35)

Number two, he then decides I'm gonna film myself with my dog and some other people at the table at the steakhouse, okay? I want you to pretend for a minute that you and your wife and another couple go in there for a special evening where you're gonna have a filet, a little cream spinach, my anniversary is coming up.

Chris McMonigle (1:56)

I could imagine it. Okay?

Craig Carton (1:57)

Kirk Herbstreet then orders a medium rare filet for his dog.

Now, first, play it off from the chef side. You're a culinary graduate.

Chris McMonigle (2:09)

Culinary, yeah.

Craig Carton (2:11)

The waiter goes, all right, medium rare filet for table 19 Oh, VIP table. Who's the VIP? Kirk Herbstreet's dog. Excuse me?

I'm a culinary trained chef. You're asking me to make a filet or whatever, prime rib, whatever it is. Yeah. For a dog? Yeah. Is the dog in the restaurant or is this like he wants to take a steak home to the dog and feed it at his hotel? Oh, no. The dog is sitting in the restaurant.

So thinking from the chef standpoint, I'm now cooking a meal for the man's dog.

Chris McMonigle (2:51)

I didn't go to 15 years of... I didn't study in France, Spain, and around the world to make dog food.

Craig Carton (2:57)

Then it gets better. All this is documented by Kirk or his family or whomever.

Kirk Herbstreet then cuts the steak into tiny pieces and by his own admission, as if he's cutting it for a child, like we've all done for our kids, right?

Chris McMonigle (3:11)

Yep.

Craig Carton (3:12)

He then takes the steak on a plate that will be served to human beings at a future dinner service, puts the plate on the ground next to where you're sitting, trying to enjoy your meal, and films and watches his golden retriever eat the steak off the floor of the restaurant.

Chris McMonigle (3:37)

It's unacceptable.

I'm sorry.

I love dogs. We all love dogs. You can't have a dog in a nice steakhouse eating. I saw the video too. He's talking about it like he's his child. Oh, watch how fast it's going to go. Like, oh, wow, your dog eats quickly. I've never seen that before. Dogs just barely tasting their food. I wish he wouldn't do it all in one bite. He's a dog.

Craig Carton (4:01)

Correct.

Chris McMonigle (4:02)

You have them in this restaurant eating off the floor.

Craig Carton (4:05)

Kirk Herbstreit needs to be stopped. It's enough.

I love my dog, Deacon. He's a rescue dog. I've owned a dog every year I've been alive on this planet. So I'm a dog guy. That's not an anti-dog thing.

Chris McMonigle (4:15)

Not at all.