[7] In 1993 Conde Nast Traveler magazine recognized the White Dog Cafe as one of "50 American restaurants worth the journey".

[8][9] Wicks sold the restaurant in 2009 in order to be able to spend more time running the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, which she co-founded eight years earlier.

A significant amount of the fare purveyed is sourced from local farms that adhere to environmentally friendly practices in a humane manner.

[14][16] Under Wicks, White Dog Cafe advocated for social change and has hosted community meetings and lectures covering topics such as foreign policy and health care reform.

[14] It has hosted various activist speakers from venues that range from the local community to the magazine The Nation to the American Civil Liberties Union.