San Churro Point Cook

San Churro Point Cook is the Spanish chocolateria at the Stockland Point Cook Town Centre on Main Street, trading late every night on a menu of churros, thick Spanish-style hot chocolates and coffee. Dogs are welcome at the outdoor tables along the Main Street dining strip, which makes this a workable sweet stop on a suburb walk.

The dog setup

The outdoor area fronting Main Street is where dogs are welcome; indoors is off limits to pet dogs under the usual Victorian food rules, with registered assistance dogs the exception. The strip seating sits under umbrellas and is first in, so a table in mild weather suits a dog best. Staff are generally easygoing, and will make a plain babychino froth on request, but flag clearly that it is for the dog so nothing with chocolate goes near them. Chocolate is toxic to dogs, so keep churros and dipping cups on the far side of the table and bring your own water bowl.

Worth knowing

The core order is traditional churros with milk, dark or white chocolate dips, with sharing platters like the Churros Fiesta for the table and snack-sized kids serves. There is a spread of vegan and vegetarian options alongside the fair-trade coffee range. Hours run from 10am weekdays (9:30am weekends) to 10pm or later, with Friday and Saturday nights the latest at 11pm. Expect the precinct to be busiest after dinner on weekends, when the strip seating fills.

Getting there and parking

The address is Shop 129B, Main Street, Point Cook, in the open-air section of Stockland Point Cook. The centre has extensive free parking including undercover bays, and the open-air car parks near the Main Street dining strip are the convenient ones with a dog.

Close by with the dogs

Point Cook is well covered for off-lead time: Saltwater Reserve Fenced Dog Park and The Strand Dog Off-Leash Park are both short drives away, and Bean Smuggler covers the morning-coffee shift if you want a second dog-friendly stop on the same run.