Mad Cats and More

Tiverton, Rhode Island · 19 mi / 31 km

Bajah's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat adoption lounge on Main Road in Tiverton, near the Fall River line. Opened in 2021 by Amanda Souza-Viera as Rhode Island's first cat cafe, it serves coffee drinks, breakfast sandwiches, pastries and light lunches, and the cafe is open to everyone without a reservation. The separate cat room, called Bajah's Villas, holds adoptable cats of various ages from partner shelters, and several hundred have been adopted since opening. Cat room time is charged per half hour in a shared room, and private sessions can be booked on weekdays. Reservations are required at weekends; on weekdays walk-ins are accepted when there is space. Visitors remove their shoes or wipe them on a treated mat before entering. It reopened in January 2025 in partnership with the Rhode Island SPCA after a closure in December 2024.

• Adoptable cats

East Haddam, Connecticut · 48 mi / 77 km

Two ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌⁠Wrasslin' Cats is a coffee house and cafe in a cobalt blue house from 1784 on Town Street in East Haddam, a few miles from Devil's Hopyard State Park. Opened in 2013 by Mark Thiede, a retired molecular biologist, and named after his cats Bruno and Larry, it serves breakfast, sandwiches, coffee and baked goods in rooms filled with cat art and memorabilia. Six sibling cats adopted by the owner live in a separate cat room that can be seen through glass doors from the cafe. Customers can visit the cats in small groups, about six people at a time, and a donation is requested; on busy days there can be a wait. The cats are residents and are not for adoption. There is outdoor seating, and the cafe is open daily except Tuesday until mid-afternoon.

Old Saybrook, Connecticut · 50 mi / 81 km

All ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠the Single Kitties is a nonprofit cat cafe on Main Street in the center of Old Saybrook, near the mouth of the Connecticut River. Opened in November 2022, it houses rescue cats saved within Connecticut by its local rescue partner, all fully vetted and available for adoption, and it has passed 280 adoptions. Visits are by appointment only, in 25- or 50-minute sessions paid per person, and last-minute bookings are accepted when space allows; the cafe may close early if no slots are booked. The minimum age is 6, except for a weekly Saturday morning Kids and Kitties session open to all ages, and children under 13 must be with an adult. Snacks and merchandise are sold in the lounge, and events include yoga with cats, shy cat social hours and themed evenings.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Boston, Massachusetts · 53 mi / 85 km

A ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌⁠Sanctuary Cafe is a cafe, micro-bookstore and cat lounge on Charles Street in Beacon Hill, a short walk from Charles/MGH station on the Red Line. Opened in 2024 as Boston's only cat cafe, it is home to about a dozen resident rescue cats that live there permanently and are not for adoption. The cafe and bookstore are open to everyone and serve locally sourced coffee, tea, espresso drinks and pastries, with seats overlooking the cats. Time in the cat lounge, which spans two levels including a quieter area, is by reservation only in one-hour slots, and the fee includes a credit to spend in the cafe; weekend rates are higher. Children under 8 are not allowed in the lounge, and visitors aged 8 to 14 must be supervised. Guests may bring cafe food and drink into the lounge but must not feed, pick up or wake the cats.

• Booking required

Glastonbury, Connecticut · 55 mi / 88 km

Marcie's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌⁠Angels Cat Cafe is a cafe and cat adoption lounge on Main Street in Glastonbury Center, southeast of Hartford. Named after owner Beth's late cat Marcie, it opened in August 2024 with the rescue Protectors of Animals; all lounge cats are adoptable through that group, and more than 200 have been adopted. The cafe serves coffee and baked goods from local vendors, sells cat-themed merchandise and looks into the lounge through large windows. The lounge has its own entrance and is open Wednesday to Sunday, while the cafe also opens on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Visits are 50-minute sessions for a per-person fee; booking is recommended and walk-ins are taken when there is space. Visitors must be at least 6, children under 13 need an adult, and each adult may bring two children. Cafe food and drink may be taken into the lounge. Events include tarot and yoga.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Peabody, Massachusetts · 66 mi / 106 km

Kitty ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌⁠Cat Cafe and Adoption Lounge is a nonprofit cat lounge on Route 1 South in Peabody, in the Big Pig BBQ Plaza next to Indy Auto Parts. Founded in 2022 by Cora and Uri, a couple who began fostering after losing their cat, it houses around 10 to 12 adoptable cats aged from about one to fourteen years from its partners PAWS Wakefield and PALS Animal Lifesavers, and has rehomed more than 100 cats. The lounge has sofas, cat trees and resting spots, and prepackaged drinks and snacks are sold. Visits are 50-minute sessions, and reservations are required. Visitors must be at least 8 years old, and those under 14 need an adult. Regular hours are Thursday to Saturday, with extra morning and evening slots, long work-from-the-lounge sessions, and events such as yoga with cats, sound baths and crafts on the booking site.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required