[Vigilanteman]

Cat cafes and coffee bars have long been successful in urban Japan. People crave feline company and charm but can't have one of their own due to rental restrictions and the like.

Before Trumpanomics, property in my hometown would stay vacant for months or even years. Now, they have a new downtown tenant before the retiring business has even closed.

[NEMDF]

I think there is one of these cat/coffee places in downtown Omaha. IIRC, they charge something like $7/30 minutes (PLUS your coffee or beverage price), to let you spend time in the room with the cats.

Interesting concept, but wonder whether it can stay in business.

[null and void]

They can call it The Crazy Cat-Lady Coffee Shoppe...

[bigbob]

Garfield approves.

[vetvetdoug]

Call me skeptical but I see people capitalizing on this phenomenon without a clue on what cats need health wise. Coxiella, Toxoplasma, Chlamydia, and Dermatophytes are zoonotics that catteries without a closed environment promote. Cats also are affected and can carry the flu. Stray and rescued cats also have FLV, FTLV, Herpesvirus, Calici, Rhinopheumonitis, and Caronaviruses like FIP (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome anyone), and Panleukopenia. Not to mention the intestinal parasites that cats that come from rescues or cat impounds. I'd be afraid to drink coffee in those places.

[alternatives?]

Can I bring a dog?

[Ancesthntr]

Just so long as they don’t serve this stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_luwak

Nothing like knowing that you’re drinking coffee made from beans that a cat crapped out. :>(

[mumblypeg]

Cat cafes are a thing in CA.
There’s also the annual CatCon, an actual convention for cat people. Which is scary, IMO.

[Zirondelle76]

Sounds like they operate for a worthy cause - helping kitties find homes. They don’t have dog cafes because dogs drool, bite and smell horribly.

[JoeFromSidney]

Well, m routine after breakfast is to sit in my reading chair with coffee, cat, and the Wall Street Journal<\i>.