Oakland’s Cat Town Cafe a creative, humane space for adoption

[KamaAina]

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Oakland-s-Cat-Town-Cafe-a-creative-humane-5899515.php

The future of pet adoption has arrived — in Oakland.

It’s arrived in the form of a local cafe that serves up cappucinos (sic), teas and lattes alongside a variety of pastry delights. And there in this comfortable and sprawling space filled with armchairs and rugs are the cats.

There are all sorts of cats — orange, black, gray, shorthairs, longhairs, big and small. And what they all have in common is that they’re available for adoption.

The Cat Town Cafe is the first permanent cat cafe to open in the United States. Since the cafe opened Oct. 25 in a storefront on 28th Street and Broadway, patrons have adopted 32 cats in 15 days.

One more reason I need to get up to civilization.

[orleans]

1. what a wonderful idea n/t

[KamaAina]

2. And it's spreading

Other cities are following suit. Temporary, pop-up cat cafes have appeared in Los Angeles and New York, and efforts are under way to establish permanent businesses in San Francisco, San Diego and Denver.

I missed the one in NYC by a week this spring.

[DinahMoeHum]

3. A cat cafe called Meow Parlour is opening in NYC in mid-December.

Meow Parlour
45 Hester Street
NYC

http://www.meowparlour.com/


http://www.amny.com/eat-and-drink/nyc-cat-cafe-meow-parlour-set-to-open-in-december-1.9613584

[KamaAina]

7. So I'll miss it by a couple of weeks, too.

Leaving Sunday night, but back 12/2.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. It'll still be there next time you come to NYC.

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And you'll probably have a better chance of scoring a reservation then, because right now that place will be booked solid between it's official opening and through the holiday season.

Methinks it's better to come around January/February, after the holiday rush has petered out.

[shenmue]

4. This is fabulous

Kittehs for everyone, by royal decree!

[Arugula Latte]

5. Gawd (Bastet) help me if I ever set foot in that place.

I'd be leaving with an armload of kitties!

[mulsh]

6. Oakland, of course. Just another example of why our home town rocks.

One thing the SF Gate drone omitted was a link to the cafe so here you go:

[link:http://www.cattowncafe.com/|

[KamaAina]

8. Well, your home town rocks.

A wag in the Chron's comment section called mine "Sad Jose". No argument here.

[mulsh]

10. from around the start San Jose was the place where Spanish soldiers in this part

of the new world were mustard out. Hence the name Sad Jose. but of course you knew that. BTW San Jose rocks in other ways but rocks none the less.

[KamaAina]

11. Rocks in other ways?

Besides 98.5 FM?

[eppur_se_muova]

12. Okay, this is the last post I'm reading today ! :D

Gonna go out in a good mood for a change.

Thanks, KamaAina, that was like taking a refreshing cafe break myself.

[hifiguy]

13. An excellent idea.

As a dear friend of mind always says - a house is not a home unless it has a cat or two.