Mac Tabby Cat Cafe - Salisbury

Concord, North Carolina · 19 mi / 30 km

Mac ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌⁠Tabby Cat Cafe Concord is the second branch of the Mac Tabby group, on Market Street in historic downtown Concord, a short walk from the city parking decks and less than five miles from Interstate 85. It occupies an 1886 building with exposed brick and wooden beams, a bar made from old pine and a covered front porch. The cafe serves coffee, smoothies, pastries, beer and wine and is open to anyone, while the separate cat lounge holds adoptable cats from Princeton's Meow, a Concord rescue. Lounge visits are paid per person, either as one-hour reserved sessions or shorter walk-in visits when space allows. Guests must be 7 or older during regular hours, with Saturday morning sessions and whole-room bookings for younger children. Unlike the NoDa branch, the Concord cafe is on ground level and fully wheelchair accessible. It opened in May 2021.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Charlotte, North Carolina · 35 mi / 56 km

Mac ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​⁠Tabby Cat Cafe Charlotte is the original branch of a small North Carolina cat cafe group, on the second floor of a historic building on North Davidson Street in NoDa, two blocks from the 36th Street light rail station. The space is split: a coffeehouse serving coffee, pastries, craft beer and wine, and a separate cat lounge with about a dozen adoptable cats from Princeton's Meow, the cat adoption facility of the Humane Society of Concord and Greater Cabarrus County. Visits to the lounge are paid per person, as one-hour reserved sessions or shorter walk-in visits when space allows, and drinks can be taken in with the cats. Guests must be 7 or older during regular hours, with Saturday morning sessions and whole-room bookings for younger children. Access is by a stairwell only. The first Mac Tabby opened in December 2017 as Charlotte's first cat cafe and moved to NoDa in 2019; branches followed in Concord and Salisbury.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Charlotte, North Carolina · 36 mi / 58 km

Wicks ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​⁠& Whiskers is a candle-making studio with a foster kitten lounge on Central Avenue in Plaza Midwood, Charlotte. Guests pour their own scented soy candle at the candle bar, then spend time in the Kitten Klubhouse, a closed-off room with its own air filtration where kittens and young cats from Killer Kitties Rescue, a nonprofit based in Oakboro, live while they wait for adoption. The kitten room can also be booked on its own as a 50-minute visit, and there is a combined candle and kitten package as well as private bookings of the whole space for groups. Reservations are recommended and walk-ins are taken when there is room. Visitors who fall for a kitten apply to adopt through the rescue, and in-store donations go straight to it. The shop also sells pre-made candles, candle care tools and branded merchandise.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Charlotte, North Carolina · 38 mi / 62 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌⁠Humane Society of Charlotte runs a small cat cafe inside the retail center of its animal resource center on Parker Drive in west Charlotte, near Westover Hills. Each day one to three adoptable cats from the shelter spend time in the cafe room, where visitors can sit with them, work on the free Wi-Fi or simply stop by to see the cats. Entry is free; coffee and a range of sweet and salty snacks are sold at low prices. The same room is the shelter's retail shop, selling treats, toys and clothing for cats and dogs, and anyone who connects with a cat can start an adoption through the Humane Society. The wider center also handles dog and cat adoptions and runs a spay and neuter clinic. It is a much smaller and quieter setup than a dedicated cat cafe.

• Adoptable cats

Belmont, North Carolina · 42 mi / 67 km

Whiskerville ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌⁠Kitty Cat Cafe is Belmont's only cat cafe, on Beaty Road west of Charlotte. Foster cats and kittens live in a cage-free Kitty Cat Lounge while they wait for adoption, in partnership with Cat Smart Coalition, a Gaston County trap-neuter-return group whose volunteers raise the cats until they are fully vaccinated. Visits to the lounge are paid by admission and can be booked online; walk-ins are taken when there is room, since guest numbers are limited. Everyone entering signs a waiver, children of any age are welcome with a parent, and visitors under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Cats are not to be picked up. It is not a full cafe: there is a self-serve coffee and tea bar, a drinks cooler and prepackaged snacks, plus a cat-themed gift shop. The owner also hosts crafts, painting, yoga and book club events.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Lincolnton, North Carolina · 45 mi / 72 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​⁠Purrfect Pour Cat Cafe is Lincolnton's first cat cafe, on Vandiver Drive next to Miracle-Ear, and opened in April 2024. Half of the space is a coffee shop serving coffee, wine, craft beer and baked goods, where guests can also work on a laptop, and the other half is a cat lounge with about twelve adoptable cats from the rescue partner Angels to Animals. Lounge visits are one hour, priced per person with a higher weekend rate, and reservations are recommended; a few walk-in places are kept each hour, sometimes for shorter visits. Children must be at least 7 during regular hours, and younger children can come to Kitty Time sessions on Wednesday and Saturday mornings or with a private room booking. The lounge holds up to 12 guests at a time. About 700 cats have been adopted from the cafe.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended