Tea? Coffee? Kitty?

[Eireann]

A cafe in Vienna just opened; it offers food and five real, live kitties for customers to enjoy.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/viennas-first-cat-cafe

[fireheart]

real life LOLcats?

[Dreamstalker]

I've always thought that the Tokyo cat cafes were an awesome idea; although I'm not sure our food-hygiene laws would let anyone open one here in the states (I'd work there!). I love the kitty jungle gym decor. Moritz is beautiful

[MoonCat]

I've been in stores that have cats or dogs on the premises. I love it.

There's a gift shop here with two kitties, and a coffee place (selling the beans) that has a lovely black Lab.

[Draper Mel]

In grad school I shopped at a feed store that had one or two cats (can't remember) that lived there. Unfortunately, they sometimes chewed into the bags of cat food.

Also, I have this picture as a screensaver on my Nook:


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[DeltaSierra]

I love stores that have cats. I used to frequent a couple bookstores that had resident bibliocats

[Dreamstalker]

I love stores with animals. There used to be an awesome hole-in-the-wall bookstore downtown with a creaky floor, dim lighting, dusty shelves up to the ceiling, and two resident felines; one of them I swear knew me on sight (as well he should; I practically lived in that place).

There were a few bookstores around here with resident cats; a few years back I remember one was hit by a car because the store owner didn't have a sign (it's not clear if the owner had a brainfart and left the door open or a customer let it out)

The bookstore I worked at had a mouse problem for awhile and we were considering getting a cat, but since the store allowed dogs Bosslady didn't think it would work out too well (also I think at that time the store had an interior motion-sensing alarm).

[wolfie]

That's the sort of place Gordon Shumway (sitcom ALF) would want to go to - but he'd have the wrong idea about why a cafe would have cats.

Was at the Dansville NY TA recently, and taped to the counter of the convenience store (also the motel registration desk) was a note saying their accommodations no longer included pets - due to the grammatical error, it sounds like you now need to bring your own pet rather than them supplying one, when it's actually a change that they now no longer ALLOW pets.

[PepperElf]

that's adorable!

reminds me of the brewer i use to like buying beer from in my hometown. they had cats walking the showroom / bar area

but nowhere as catty as this cafe

[taxguykarl]

Before Hurricane Ike, there was a restaurant in Galveston called the Captain's Table. We elected to sit in the bar area. When we arrived a large grey tabby strutted nearby. A local barfly slurred out, "That's Stormy. If you order the flounder, he'll be your friend."
Mrs. TGK did and and Stormy let her pet him (for a chunk of flounder, needless to say). She couldn't finish her flounder and a waitress assured her that she would save the rest for the cats (we saw several other cats dart around) as, "They only eat flounder."

[XCashier]

I love stores with animals.

Me too; I've been to quite a few used book stores and model train stores with their own pet cats. The cats are usually friendly and add a bit of color of the place.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'd love to frequent a place like that but I've not come across any around here.

[Treasure]

my local game store has store cats... i think they even had a dog or 2, or maybe they just let someone bring their well behaved, interacts well with cats (or atleast knows its place) Corgi in ....