America's 1st Cat Cafe - 2869 Broadway in Oakland, CA
Happy Caturday! Here’s another sneak preview of some of the stickers we’ve got in the works for the Cat Town Cafe! If you’re looking for something fun to do this weekend, go check out #SFZineFest, where our own Megan Lynn Kott will be slingin’ her cat prints and cards >^. .^<
America’s first permanent cat cafe is now open at 2869 Broadway in Oakland, CA! We’re also expanding our Cat Zone, learn about that and help us fund the build out by donating at Saving Pets Challenge Fundraiser!
The Cat Town Cafe is split into two rooms, the Cafe and the Cat Zone.
The Cat Zone is where:
We have between 6 - 20 free roaming cats who are available for adoption. Meaning, they are coming out of tiny cages of the shelter, and waiting to find a permanent home while here in our Cat Zone.
We allow 14 people to enter every hour on the hour, this is to help limit the stress and over stimulation of our four legged friends.
Walk-ins are welcome, but we highly recommend that you make a Cat Zone Reservation for a $10 donation to Cat Town, especially on weekends! This will ensure your visiting time is available and support a great cause.
You are welcome to bring cafe food and beverage into the Cat Zone, but please don’t bring your own cat!
Volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions you have about cats, adoptions, and cat related things.
Please note:
Cats sleep a lot. They also hide a lot. This is natural and healthy. Our cats meet up to 140 people a day, 5 days a week. If you’re itching for play time, we recommend coming early for the 10AM and 11AM hours, when the cats are most active.
We are a non-profit rescue dedicated to the safety and well-being of our cats. Their comfort and safety is our first priority.
Our cafe is minimal, but awesome. We serve extremely good pour over coffee from Bicycle Coffee, bagels from Authentic Bagel Company, and various treats from Rolling Sloane’s. Plus, we have the friendliest employees you’ll ever meet! We have limited indoor and outdoor seating, and viewing windows into the Cat Zone should we reach capacity.
We are closed Monday & Tuesday to acclimate new cats into the space and give our current residents some much deserved rest.
Cat Town is a non-profit cat rescue, that started in 2011 as a foster based rescue program. Since founding, we’ve helped get over 600 at-risk shelter cats out of the cages of Oakland Animal Services and into loving foster and permanent homes. The Cat Town Cafe is an expansion of our current rescue efforts, and will help us get many more cats out of the shelter and adopted!
The cafe cats are being adopted at a rate we never imagined and we are joyously overwhelmed by the interest, kind words, encouragement, press, and good cheer of our customers, volunteers, employees, and adopters. Thank you so much!
Cafe hours: 9:30 AM - 7 PM Wednesday through Sunday
Cat Zone hours: 10 AM - 7 PM (14 people are let in on the hour every hour)
Happy Caturday! Keep an eye on your mailboxes because we sent out a ton of shirts, coffee cups, and drink tickets to backers of the Cat Town Cafe Indiegogo campaign this week!
Cat Town and OAS volunteer Katie K. plays with Glynda, the first Cat Town Cafe cat! Come meet her on October 25th at our grand opening celebration >^. .^<
Megan and Justin hanging the first gallery show at the Cat Town Cafe last night, and we can’t wait for you all to see it! We’ll be hosting our opening celebration at 10AM October 25th at 2869 Broadway >^. .^<
Very limited amount of ‘SNUGLIFE’ shirts are back in stock! Visit www.snuglife.phillypetphoto.com to order, $5 from every sale goes to benefit the cats at the Cat Town Cafe >^. .^<
Tyler and Charlie catifying some furniture at the cafe today >^. .^<
#regram via Jessy O. of the Cat Zone volunteer meeting we had last night >^. .^<
Our friend and first featured artist @_meowlynn_ has all her pieces ready for the @cattowncafe! Come see ‘em yourself and meet Megan at our grand opening on October 25th >^. .^<
Cru & Nala helping model the new SNUGLIFE shirt Alex N. got in the mail last week. We’ll have a few more SNUG shirts at the cafe when we open on 10/25 and @iamthegreatwent will be taking a small amount of internet orders again in October >^. .^<