Cat Cafes Offer Cats and Coffee
Most people go to a café to get their daily cup of coffee. At Cat Town Café in Oakland, California, they can also observe and play with cats. Cat Town Café is the first cat café in the U.S. It is a combination of a coffee shop and an adoption center for cats.
The first cat café opened in Asia in the 1990s. They are now found across Asia and Europe. Cat Town Café in California opened its doors last year.
Customers have many reasons for visiting Oakland’s Cat Town Café. Alan brought his son Caleb. He says his son enjoys cats.
Mike Deluca was looking to adopt a cat for his girlfriend’s son, Michael. On their second visit to Cat Town Café, they found Juniper, a young gray cat with marks like a tiger.
All the cats at Cat Town Café can be adopted. The café gets them from local shelters. Workers at Cat Town Café hope each cat will find a family.
Adam Myatt co-founded Cat Town with Ann Dunn. He says they saw cat cafés as an opportunity to bring attention to the situation of stray cats – in other words, cats without homes.