Beans Cat Cafe

Beacon, New York · 18 mi / 29 km

Beans ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on Main Street in Beacon, the original of two locations run by husband-and-wife owners Jessica Cruz-Strika and Justin Strika, opened in 2020. The cafe has a full espresso bar, teas, seasonal specials, macarons and packaged snacks, plus cat-themed retail. In the separate lounge, visitors spend 30 or 60 minutes with up to about eight adoptable cats fostered for Hudson Valley Animal Rescue and Sanctuary, which handles adoptions; the cats include animals with a range of personalities, needs and disabilities. Booking ahead is strongly encouraged because capacity is limited, and walk-ins are taken when space allows. All ages are welcome, children under 12 must be with an adult, and visitors who stress the cats may be asked to leave. The lounge can also be rented for private events.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Greenwood Lake, New York · 38 mi / 61 km

Tails ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​⁠Up Cat Cafe & Creative Lounge is a cat cafe and art space on Jersey Avenue in the village of Greenwood Lake, in Orange County near the New Jersey line. Founded by local residents Brenda Wiley and Charlie Krack, it opened in August 2026. A separate cat lounge holds around six to eight adoptable cats from the Warwick Valley Humane Society, all vaccinated and spayed or neutered, and visitors book timed sessions in the lounge for a fee. The cafe side serves coffee, tea, sodas, pastries and locally made snacks, and sells work by regional artists. The adjoining creative lounge hosts workshops and events such as paint-and-purr sessions, craft classes and craft fairs, and visitors who do not want to see the cats can still use the cafe and gallery.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Torrington, Connecticut · 50 mi / 80 km

Perk ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​⁠and Paws Cat Cafe is a family-run cat cafe on Franklin Street in downtown Torrington, the first retail tenant of the Pennrose Riverfront Torrington mixed-use building. The cafe serves coffee from Great Minds Coffee Roasters, Harney & Sons teas and baked goods. Visitors book 50-minute sessions in the separate cat lounge, arriving a little early to check in on the cafe side and sign a waiver, and they wash their hands before and after the visit. All of the cats come from a local rescue partner and are adoptable, and an application can be filled out during the visit. The cafe is open Thursday to Sunday.

• Adoptable cats

Westwood, New Jersey · 53 mi / 85 km

C.A.T.S. ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌⁠Resale/Thrift Shop is a charity thrift store on Kinderkamack Road in Westwood, Bergen County, run by Caring About The Strays, a nonprofit cat rescue that has served the area for about 30 years. Adoptable rescue cats live in the shop, and several of them wander freely among the shelves of donated jewelry, art, home goods, small furniture and designer-label clothing, while others are kept in enclosures behind the counter. Visitors can browse, meet and pet the cats at no charge, and many come mainly for the cats. All cats are adoptable, and adoptions include spaying or neutering, vaccinations and a microchip. Sales and donations fund the rescue's care for stray, abandoned, sick and surrendered cats. It is a shop rather than a cat cafe: there is no lounge fee, no seating area and no food or drink, and the store is small.

• Adoptable cats

Montclair, New Jersey · 65 mi / 105 km

Catfé ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​​⁠Montclair is a cat lounge and adoption space on Bloomfield Avenue in downtown Montclair, Essex County, in a second-floor walk-up suite. It opened in January 2024 and works with the rescue Homeless Tails, whose cats come largely from the streets of Newark, Irvington and East Orange and live in the lounge while they wait for adopters. It is not a full cafe: admission includes a drink from a self-serve station with coffee, tea and hot chocolate. Reservations are required to guarantee entry, and same-day bookings are final. Shoes come off and clean socks are required, with cat socks for sale. Guests are asked not to wake or pick up the cats and to keep voices low. Children 7 and older are welcome, with monthly Family Cat Time sessions for ages 5 and up. Events include cat yoga, bingo, sound baths and paint nights.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

New Haven, Connecticut · 65 mi / 105 km

Mew ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​⁠Haven Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on Whalley Avenue in New Haven's Westville neighborhood, at the corner of Blake Street. Opened in 2018 as Connecticut's first cat cafe, it has helped more than 1,200 cats find homes. The lounge holds up to about 30 cats, all from Halfway Home Rescue, which handles adoptions; visitors can apply during their visit. The cafe and lounge have separate entrances: guests check in and order on the cafe side, then enter the lounge for their session. Tickets are sold online for 50-minute visits and three-hour work and study sessions, with discounts for students, teachers, seniors and children, and weekends often sell out. There is no minimum age, but each adult may bring at most two children aged 12 and under. The cafe serves coffee, cat-themed drinks and baked goods, and hosts parties and events.

• Adoptable cats