OK. Well why don’t you drop the pesky punctuation too? Who needs it? Just a waste of bytes anyway.
Umm, we’re talking about a restaurant named DELMONICO’S. And we’re, umm, talking about a steak called the DELMONICO.
And anyone who’s eaten in a half-decent restaurant has seen how most put their specialties on the first or second page. In fact, have you ever seen a printed list of specials sitting on TOP OF YOUR MENU?? That was brilliant analysis, really.
Granted, I haven’t met your dog, but a guess by the OED is considerably more credible. A guess by the writers of the OED on such matters is considerably more credible than guesses by most PEOPLE, much less their girlfriends, I mean dogs.