As chain and indie
coffee houses seemingly are opening on every block, the brave owners of the
newbie coffee klatches are adding new twists to keep the doors open.
Say
hi to the feline friendly coffee house, where the kitty feeds the proprietors.
Cat
& Craft Café opened recently in Oceanside CA as two 750-sq. ft. each businesses
under one roof. Owned and operated by
marrieds Caroline and Andrew Vaught, one side is billed as a traditional coffee
house while the other is a cat bonding lounge akin to those petting parlors so
popular across the U.S., Asia and Europe.
Andrew and Caroline at a LA trade show |
Caroline is a career marketer with plenty of experience in brand awareness. Together they hope coffee and cats catches on in North County San Diego.
Health
code regulations in the states are more stringent when it comes to food
preparation, so the pay to pet cat cafe concept has largely become a coffee
shop environment with a fully separated “lounge” area for cats and humans of
all stripes to engage with one another.
Working
with San Diego public health officials, Cat & Craft is allowed to have its
clientele bring items off its food menu (with coffee) into the petting and
playing zone. Tickets are required to
enter Catalonia and that’s $12 per person, per hour. When first opened there was a long
reservation list, but as the novelty wears off—maybe and just maybe the wait to
get in won’t be so long. Don’t count on
it because cat cafes are the rage with more than 200+ operating in the U.S.
alone.
Another option is to sit with a coffee and other deliciousness off the menu and watch the cats from the coffee side of the windows |
Another
plus for this upscale catty shack is Cat & Café is sharing a cup of
kindness with local pet adoption services.
All monies on the fur side go to rescuing cats and kittens and putting
them up for adoption. Be warned if your
seven year old falls in love with that special calico the cost of taking
Whiskers home is $100 per feline or about $25 per paw.
Details.
www.catandcraftcafe.com
760-295-1181
3211-3B
Business Park Drive, Vista CA.
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