Central Purr Cat Cafe

Panama City, Florida · 3.6 mi / 5.8 km

Salty Cat Cafe is the cat lounge of Salty Cats Rescue, a volunteer rescue for abandoned and feral cats, in a mural-painted building on Bayview Avenue in the St. Andrews area of Panama City. It is less a cafe than a rescue's adoption house: visitors pass a small gift shop and spend an hour in a large snuggle room with the rescue's cats and kittens, many of them teenagers and adults, plus an outdoor area. Sessions are paid by the hour and can be booked online or taken as a walk-in. All the cats are available for adoption through the rescue, and the founder matches adopters with suitable cats. The fees go to the cats' food and veterinary care. It opens in the afternoons from Tuesday to Saturday, with a later session on Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Destin, Florida · 41 mi / 66 km

Cara's Cat Cafe is Destin's first cat cafe, a restaurant-style cafe with a separate cat lounge off Furling Lane, a short drive inland from the beaches. The cafe side serves coffee, matcha, brunch and lunch dishes such as paninis, salads, acai bowls and pizza, with vegan options, and needs no booking. A wall of windows looks into the lounge, which has its own air conditioning, so diners can watch the cats without going in. Lounge visits are charged per person per hour, with a shorter half-hour option, and are open to guests aged 10 and up only. Each guest needs an individual reservation made online, and walk-ins are taken when there is space. All the cats come from the local rescues 30A Cats and S.O.C.K.S. and can be adopted, with the full adoption fee going to the rescue.

• Adoptable cats

Pensacola, Florida · 89 mi / 144 km

Coastal Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on West Garden Street, just west of downtown Pensacola, and the city's first. It opened in December 2023 after a Kickstarter campaign by founder Adrienne Brynteson. The front of the shop sells coffee, tea, sodas, local pastries and snacks, along with cat merchandise and treats for the cats, and a separate lounge holds a room full of adoptable cats and kittens. Visits to the lounge are 45-minute sessions for guests aged six and up, paid in advance online, and everyone signs a waiver. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended, and walk-ins are not accepted once the last session of the day has emptied. Every cat can be adopted, and the cafe passed 500 adoptions in 2026. It runs a busy events calendar with cat yoga, paint nights, trivia and crafts for children. It is closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Tallahassee, Florida · 90 mi / 145 km

Tally Cat Cafe is a coffee bar and cat lounge on North Monroe Street in Tallahassee, opened in May 2018 by three friends who had volunteered with the Leon County Humane Society. The front cafe serves coffee, espresso, cold brew, tea, boba, smoothies, beer and wine with pastries, and bar seating along a viewing window overlooks the lounge. The cats live in a separate Cat Lounge, which serves as a foster home for the humane society's adoptable cats and kittens. Hourly lounge visits can be reserved online at a slightly lower price than walk-ins, which depend on space, and drinks can be taken inside. Children under five are not allowed in, and those under 13 need an adult and should not pick the cats up. Adoptions follow the humane society's process, and the cafe passed 2,000 adoptions in 2026. It is open every day.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Tallahassee, Florida · 91 mi / 147 km

Fat Cat Books is a nonprofit used bookstore and cat adoption center on North Magnolia Drive near Tennessee Street in Tallahassee, run by Feline Advocates of Leon County, the group behind Fat Cat Cafe. It opened in Railroad Square in October 2020 and moved to its current building in 2026, reopening there in September. Adoptable adult and senior cats roam freely among the shelves and armchairs, so visitors can browse and spend time with them in the same room. All the books are donated and sold at low prices to fund the cats' care, and a small boutique sells stickers, magnets, candles, soaps and jewelry from local makers. The cats are spayed or neutered, tested, microchipped and vaccinated, and can be adopted through an application to the rescue. The shop also hosts art exhibits and First Friday events. It is open Thursday to Sunday.

• Adoptable cats

Tallahassee, Florida · 93 mi / 150 km

Fat Cat Cafe is a nonprofit cat cafe and feline adoption center on East Park Avenue near Governor's Square Mall in Tallahassee, the city's first cat cafe. It opened in August 2017 and is run by Feline Advocates of Leon County, which also runs the Fat Cat Books bookstore. The cafe side is small, with pod coffee, bottled sodas, tea, water and snacks, and Betty's Boutique sells work by local artists and makers. Most of the space is the adoption room, where visitors pay an hourly entry fee to spend time with cats from several Tallahassee rescues, all spayed or neutered, tested, vaccinated and microchipped. Walk-ins are always welcome. Children under 12 must stay with an adult, and children under two enter free. The cafe had found homes for more than 1,900 cats by 2026. It is open Wednesday to Sunday.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome