Denver has two cat cafés, and they suit different visits. Denver Cat Company on Tennyson Street opened in December 2014, which makes it one of the oldest cat cafés in the country, and it still charges one flat fee to stay as long as you like with around 20 rescue cats. Teddy Cat Cafe, just off South Broadway, is a smaller “kitty mercantile” that opened in 2022, where hour-long playdates come with a free coffee and the shop is half the point. Every cat at both is up for adoption.
No cat café has opened in Denver’s suburbs, from Lakewood and Aurora to Littleton and Castle Rock. But the Front Range has five more within a day trip, from Boulder to Colorado Springs, and we cover those below. We checked prices, rules and hours on each café’s website and booking pages in October 2026.
Denver Cat Company vs. Teddy Cat at a Glance
Denver Cat Company | Teddy Cat Cafe | |
|---|---|---|
Neighborhood | Berkeley, on Tennyson Street | Near Platt Park, a block off South Broadway |
Price | $15, stay as long as there is room | $15 for 60 minutes, $13 for children, seniors, students and military |
Ages | All ages | 6 and up |
Cats | Around 20, often including kittens | A small group, often shy or older cats |
Drinks | Drinks and packaged snacks to buy | Free coffee or tea with adult tickets, no food |
Closed | Open every day | Mondays |
Adoption fee | $150 for adults, $175 to $200 for kittens | Set by the cat’s rescue |
Which One Should You Choose?
- For a long, unhurried visit, go to Denver Cat Company. The $15 fee has no time limit when it is not busy, and you can come back the same day for free with your receipt.
- With children under 6, go to Denver Cat Company, which welcomes all ages. Teddy Cat is for ages 6 and up.
- For coffee and shopping, go to Teddy Cat. Adult tickets include a Huckleberry coffee or tea, and the mercantile sells cat-themed clothes, art and gifts.
- For events, go to Teddy Cat, which runs workshops, tarot nights and kitty yoga several times a month. Denver Cat Company does not list events.
- On a Monday, go to Denver Cat Company, since Teddy Cat is closed.
- If you visit often, Denver Cat Company’s memberships start at $55 for two months of unlimited visits.
Denver Cat Company
Courtesy of Kalen Jesse Photography Co. via denvercatco.com
Denver Cat Company opened on 12 December 2014 at 3929 Tennyson Street, in the Berkeley neighborhood of northwest Denver. Its founder, Leila Qari, left her job as a lawyer after reading about a cat café pop-up in Manhattan, and she opened Colorado’s first cat café the same year. The lounge has walkways near the ceiling, hidey-holes and rope scratching posts the staff made by hand, plus a small library of books and games and a gift shop. The café says more than 6,000 of its cats have been adopted.
The cats come from Denver Cat Rescue, a non-profit the café set up in 2018, and 10% of the café’s sales go to it. The rescue takes cats from crowded rural and out-of-state shelters and places about 500 a year, through the café and more than 100 foster homes. There are usually around 20 cats in the lounge, and in October 2026 its list included several kittens and two bonded pairs. Older guides say the cats come from Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue, but that has not been true for years.
Entry costs $15 per person, every day. Bookings are for an hour, but you can stay as long as you like if there is space and you follow the rules, and you can come back the same day for free with your receipt. Book on the Book a Visit page. Reservations are not required but are a good idea at weekends and during school holidays, when it gets crowded, especially on Saturday mornings. Weekdays are quiet. To get a refund after you cancel, email the café. Children of any age can come with close supervision. They may hold a cat on their lap while sitting with an adult, but only adults may pick cats up.
The café sells drinks and packaged snacks but does not serve food. It is open from 10am to 7pm Monday to Thursday and 10am to 8pm Friday to Sunday. Parking is on the street along Tennyson. If you visit often, a membership gives unlimited visits for $55 for two months, $125 a year for one person, $175 a year for two or $275 a year for a family.
Adopting: meet the cat at the café, then apply there in person. You can also fill in the online form, but only an application at the café puts a hold on a cat. Adopters must be 21 or older, and students in dorms or student housing cannot adopt. If you are approved, you take the cat home 7 to 10 days after applying. Fees are $150 for cats over a year old, $175 for kittens aged 7 to 11 months and $200 for kittens aged 6 months and under. Every cat is vaccinated, spayed or neutered, tested for FIV and FeLV, and microchipped.
Teddy Cat Cafe
Courtesy of teddycatcafe.com
Teddy Cat Cafe opened in September 2022 at 39 East Florida Avenue, one block east of South Broadway near Platt Park. Its founder, Sarah Thomas, worked as a loan officer for eight years before she began volunteering at Denver Animal Shelter and fostering cats in 2020. The café is named after Teddy, an orange tabby who was her first “foster fail”. It calls itself a cat café and “kitty mercantile”, and the shop sells handmade clothing, toys, art and gifts. You can browse the shop without paying, but you need a ticket to visit the cats.
Teddy Cat acts as a foster home for local rescues, and in October 2026 its cats came from Up Pup and Away, PawsCo and SoulDog. It gives priority to the cats that struggle most in shelters: shy, older and under-socialized cats, bonded pairs and the cats that have waited longest. The group is small, and reviewers say some of the cats are skittish at first.
A 60-minute playdate costs $15 for adults aged 18 to 59 and $13 for children aged 6 to 17, seniors over 60, and students, teachers and military with ID. Every adult, senior and student ticket includes a free Huckleberry coffee or tea. The café does not serve food. Book on the Book Your Visit page, where each person needs their own ticket. Walk-ins are welcome when there is space, but spots each hour are limited, so book ahead at the weekend. Playdates in the last hour of the day must be booked in advance. You can reschedule a booking until it starts, but you cannot cancel it online, and if you do not show up you lose your ticket. Children must be 6 or older, each adult can bring up to two, and children may not pick up the cats.
In October 2026 the website still listed its summer hours: closed Monday, 11am to 5pm Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday, and 11am to 6pm Thursday to Saturday. The café says hours may vary, so check before you go. RTD Route 0 runs along South Broadway, a block away. Events cost $30 to $44 and include a Halloween cat-hat workshop on 22 October, a tarot and pumpkin-painting night on 30 October, kitty yoga on 8 November and a music and meditation evening on 20 November. Most events cannot be refunded.
Adopting: each cat is adopted through the rescue named on its profile, and 100% of the adoption fee goes to that rescue. Ask the staff or check the Adopt a Cat page for the cat you like. Fees and approval times depend on the rescue. All cats are vaccinated and spayed or neutered.
Cat Cafés Near Denver
The rest of the Front Range has five cat cafés and a cat shelter that is open to visitors. Drive times are from downtown Denver without traffic, so allow more on I-25 and US-36 at rush hour.
Café | Drive | Price | Ages | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purrfect Pause, Boulder | 35 to 40 minutes | $16 for 60 minutes | 8 and up | Tuesdays |
Elevated Communities, Longmont | 45 to 50 minutes | $12 for 60 minutes | All ages | Mondays |
NoCo Cat Cafe, Loveland | About an hour | $12, about an hour | 6 and up | Mondays |
Comfort & Joy, Colorado Springs | 75 to 85 minutes | $12 to $15 for 50 minutes | 7 or 8 and up | Thursdays |
Biscuit Factory, Colorado Springs | 75 to 85 minutes | $11 for 60 minutes, with a drink | All ages, with a guardian | Monday to Wednesday |
Boulder: Purrfect Pause Cat Cafe
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Purrfect Pause at 5290 Arapahoe Avenue was Boulder’s first cat café when Aleks Talaro and his mother, Susanne, opened it in May 2022. All its cats come from the foster homes of RezDawg Rescue, and more than 500 have been adopted. A 60-minute visit costs $16 for adults and $14 for children aged 8 to 14, students and seniors over 62. A Pause Pass of 10 visits costs $130 for adults or $100 at the lower rate, and a group can share it. Book on the reservation page; walk-ins can join if there is room. Nobody under 8 can visit, you take your shoes off at the door, and the café sells coffee, tea and snacks. It is open from 10am to 6pm Monday and Wednesday to Saturday and noon to 6pm on Sunday, and it is closed on Tuesday. To adopt, apply through RezDawg on Petstablished. The cat’s foster replies within 72 hours, and adopters must be 21 or older. RezDawg’s fees are $225 for adult cats and $300 for kittens.
Longmont: Elevated Communities Cat Cafe
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Elevated Communities Cat Cafe opened in April 2025 at 1240 Ken Pratt Boulevard, Suite 2B. It is run by Elevated Communities, a non-profit led by sisters Nicole Newsom and Jessica Olson that trains and employs adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. About two dozen cats from Front Range Freedom Rescue and Animal Rescue of the Rockies live in the lounge, and the café counted 260 adoptions in its first 18 months. At $12 for an hour, it is one of the cheapest cat cafés near Denver, and you can stay longer when it is quiet or come back the same day for free. Unlimited visits cost $30 a month, and you can hire the whole café for up to 18 people from $250. Book on the Acuity booking page or walk in. There is no minimum age, but children 12 and under need an adult. Shoes come off at the door, or you can wear the booties provided. The café sells coffee, tea, seasonal drinks and snacks, and it is open from 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday. Yoga with Kitties runs on the third Tuesday of each month for $25.
Loveland: NoCo Cat Cafe
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NoCo Cat Cafe at 121 East 5th Street in downtown Loveland calls itself Northern Colorado’s first cat café. Kimberly Tejchma-Sanford and Christopher Sanford started it as a pop-up in October 2021 and opened the shop in August 2022. By early 2026 more than 1,100 of its cats had been adopted. Entry costs $12 for anyone aged 6 or over, and there is no set session, though the café asks guests to keep to about an hour when it is busy. Walk-ins are welcome; call ahead on weekends. It serves coffee from Dark Heart Coffee Bar, tea and snacks, and is open from 11am to 6pm Tuesday to Sunday. The cats come from the Colorado Kitty Coalition in Fort Collins, which receives all the adoption fees, mostly $250. You must meet the cat at the café before you are approved. The founders plan a second café in Fort Collins, but they have not announced an address or date.
Colorado Springs: Comfort & Joy Cat Cafe
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Comfort & Joy opened in September 2024 in a house from 1900 at 615 South Nevada Avenue, just south of downtown. Its owners, Sharon Mullally and Carol Lawrence Guinta, got the idea at a cat café in Scotland. There are up to eight cats at a time, from the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, Teller County Regional Animal Shelter and Safe Place for Pets. A 50-minute session costs $12 to $15 and includes a coffee or tea, and a 30-minute walk-in visit costs $10. Sessions often sell out, so book online and sign the waiver first. The website gives the minimum age as 7, but the booking rules say 8, so check when you book. The café is closed on Thursday and opens from 9am on Friday and Saturday. Its hours have changed often, so check the website. Free parking is behind the house. A Hocus Pocus trivia night is on 17 October ($15).
Colorado Springs: The Biscuit Factory Cat Lounge
The Biscuit Factory bills itself as Colorado Springs’s first cat café. Lauren Bogert opened it in late 2023, and it has since moved to a two-floor space with an upstairs loft at 12 South 25th Street in Old Colorado City. Up to 15 cats from Happy Cats Haven in Manitou Springs live there. At $11 for an hour, including a free coffee, tea or soda, it is the cheapest cat café on the Front Range. Book on Acuity or walk in, but walk-ins must arrive about an hour before closing. There is no minimum age, but children need a guardian. The lounge is open from 11am to 6pm Thursday and Friday and 10am to 6pm Saturday and Sunday, and closed Monday to Wednesday. Cat yoga costs $25 and bingo $15. Happy Cats charges $120 for adults, $200 for kittens and $60 for seniors.
Colorado Springs: Feline Rescue Network
Feline Rescue Network at 2129 East Boulder Street was Colorado Springs’s first cat-only shelter when it opened in 2008. Until September 2026 it was called Look What the Cat Brought In. It is not a café: entry is free, there are no drinks or sessions, and you go to meet cats you might adopt. Walk-in adoption hours are 11am to 3pm Friday to Sunday, and you can book an appointment on other days through its website.
Adopting a Cat in Denver
Neither Denver café does same-day adoptions. If you are ready to take a cat home sooner, try a shelter. Two of the city’s biggest have new names, so older guides may use the old ones.
- Humane Colorado’s Leslie A. Malone Center (2080 South Quebec Street), called the Dumb Friends League until 2025, takes walk-in adopters daily from 10am to 5pm. Join the line at least an hour before closing, and bring photo ID with your current address. Fees range from $50 for cats over 5 to $300 for young kittens.
- Denver Animal Shelter (1241 West Bayaud Avenue) is run by the city. It is open 11am to 6:30pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 12:30pm to 6:30pm Tuesday and Thursday, and 9am to 4:30pm at weekends. Adoptions for cats over a year old are half price until 31 October 2026. It is closed on Monday 12 October for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
- Rocky Mountain Feline Rescue (2390 South Delaware Street) is a cat-only shelter where the cats roam free. Visiting hours are noon to 5pm Wednesday and Thursday and noon to 6pm Friday to Sunday. Adult cats cost $125, kittens $200 and seniors over 10 $75.
- True Companions Animal Shelter, called MaxFund until March 2026, keeps its cats at 720 West 10th Avenue. It is open from 9:30am to 4:30pm and closed on Tuesday. Kittens cost $150, adults $125 and seniors $75.
- Cat Care Society (5787 West 6th Avenue, Lakewood) is another free-roaming cat shelter, open from noon to 6pm Thursday to Monday.
If you are new to cat cafés, our guide to what a cat café is explains the house rules most places share, and our Colorado cat café map lists every café in the state.
