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In October 2017, The Cat Cafe sent five cats to good homes and raised $293 to help The Rescue House carry out its mission of saving cats. The five cats who went home, Blaise, Yogi, Lila, Nathan, and Finley, brought the total number of cats sent home by The Cat Cafe to 261 since January…

At The Cat Cafe, we said goodbye to several cats recently, including long term residents Nathan and Lila. We will miss Ninja Nate appearing from nowhere, and we’ll miss Lila’s chirp meow. Sending them to a good home made things easier for us and and made us happy. With those cats finding new homes, The…

In September, we transition from the busy summer months into the more calm fall months. We don’t have as many visitors stopping in at The Cat Cafe, but we still have plenty of cats to entertain those who do come to visit. And for five of the cats from The Rescue House, September was a…

We’ve adopted out a lot of cats at The Cat Cafe lately. That’s why six new cats joined our clowder and why we’ll jump right into introducing them to you. Fig Fig is a boy who’s going on four years, and he’s an inquisitive and playful guy. You’ll find him entertaining customers with his antics…

It’s always a fun time for us at The Cat Cafe when we welcome new cats in. First, it means that we’ve sent another cat to a good home, because the cats stay here until they get adopted. And it’s always fun to welcome new cats who we can get to know. We of course…

We had a couple of adopters take home some long term residents of The Cat Cafe. Diva and Jesse went home first. These two stayed with us for a couple of months despite people thinking they’d go home quickly. Then Boo and Herkie, who were among the first cats from The Rescue House, went home….

At The Cat Cafe, we’ve always wanted to be a place where people could visit on an impromptu basis. We don’t like the idea of requiring reservations to get in. While we have reservations for those who want to get in at a specific time, the idea of requiring everyone to make one doesn’t sit well with us. We don’t plan on requiring reservations except during peak times like Comic-Con. This has worked well for us for most of the time we’ve been open. The Crowd on Some Weekends at The Cat Cafe Lately, however, we’ve had upwards of 20 people waiting to get in to interact with the cats. And we’ve had to warn people that they were looking at an hour wait to get in and turn some of them away. We know our customers don’t like this,…

We’ve had a lot of new cats join The Cat Cafe clowder, and it’s time to let you know about them. We hope to see you visit us to meet these cats. Hopefully, someone will fall in love with them and take them home. Tiger Lily We’ve always had a soft spot for bengal cats,…

As you all know, July is always a very busy month for us at The Cat Cafe. In addition to Comic-Con, which brings 130,000 additional people to downtown San Diego, we’re right in the middle of the summer vacation season. And school is out for the summer as well. Despite all of the increased visits…

As you all know, during Comic-Con, The Cat Cafe goes to a reservations only system for admission to the cat playpen. You are welcome to make your purchases as normal, but those will not get you in to visit with the cats like they normally do. We simply cannot accommodate everyone who wants to get in to interact with our friendly cats during Comic-Con. That’s why we’ll require reservations, which you can book here. We will be extending our hours at The Cat Cafe during Comic-Con. Normally, we are open until 3 PM. During Comic-Con, we will extend our hours by 90 minutes and will stay open until 4:30 PM. And when we’re open, you’ll be able to enjoy a few extra things. First, we will have our partner, The Cravory, on site. We normally have prewrapped cookies available for…

As you know, in about a month, the streets of downtown San Diego will be filled with superheroes, zombies, stormtroopers, and others just enjoying the show for Comic-Con. During Comic-Con, we here at The Cat Cafe go to a reservation only system. We simply cannot accommodate everyone who wants to visit our cats with 130,000 additional people downtown.   As in prior years, admissions to interact with the cats at The Cat Cafe will be available for purchase. We are holding the price at the same level as last year. So, for $15, you will get a food or drink item and half an hour with the cats. Spots will be available starting at 8:00 AM, and go for 30 minutes. We will then give the cats 15 minutes to relax without people being in the playpen, and we’ll begin…

May was a busy month for us here at The Cat Cafe. We had a number of fairly large conventions at the San Diego Convention Center, and then we had the long Memorial Day weekend. That meant a lot of people visited us, and because of those visits, we were able to send eight cats…