The country's first cat cafe is here, and it's just the beginning

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There's a good chance that a cat cafe is coming to a city near you.

In cities all over the United States, cat-loving entrepreneurs are frantically pushing crowdfunding campaigns, locking down deals with adoption centers and coffee vendors and coaxing anxious landlords and health inspectors with hopes of capitalizing on a new craze by opening a feline-friendly restaurant of their own.

Cat Town Cafe in Oakland, California is the first and only permanent space of its kind in the United States right now — but it just barely launched in time to claim the distinction. Similar businesses are set to open soon in San Francisco (KitTea), Portland (Purringtons), Los Angeles (Catfe), Denver, (Catco) San Diego and Seattle (Meowtropolitan). A quick Indiegogo search reveals that many more are in the works, and several pop-up cat cafes have been hugely successful. Read more...

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