MiaoMiao Cafe

Salt Lake City, Utah · 0.2 mi / 0.4 km

Tinker's Cat Cafe opened in November 2017 as Utah's first cat cafe, on 900 South at 300 East in Salt Lake City's Central City. The front cafe serves coffee roasted by local Rimini Coffee, tea and local pastries with vegan and gluten-free options, alongside a boutique of cat-themed gifts. Behind it is a home-style cat lounge with couches and a cats-only retreat, where visitors spend hourly sessions with adoptable cats chosen by Salt Lake County Animal Services. Every cat is vaccinated, microchipped and spayed or neutered, and can be adopted from the lounge. Reservations are encouraged, especially on weekends, but walk-ins are welcome when there is room, and extra half hours can be added. Children 10 and under pay a reduced rate and toddlers enter free. Classes such as yoga, painting and crochet with cats are held, and the lounge can be booked for private parties.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Bountiful, Utah · 8 mi / 13 km

Fawn's Family Cat Rescue & Lounge is the adoption lounge of Fawn's Family Rescue, a nonprofit cat rescue founded in 2022 by Areah, on Orchard Drive in Bountiful, north of Salt Lake City. Its cats come from local shelters and owner surrenders, and visitors can relax, read, study or do homework among the free-roaming adoptable cats, with pre-packaged drinks and snacks for sale. No appointment is needed: guests pay by the half hour or hour, with extra 15-minute add-ons, discounted family rates from Tuesday to Thursday, and free entry for children under two. A liability waiver is required. Adoptions can be started on the spot during a visit, and the rescue has recorded more than 300 adoptions since 2022. The lounge can also be booked for private events, and the rescue runs a pet food pantry and an online merchandise store.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Ogden, Utah · 32 mi / 52 km

The House Cat is a cat cafe on 27th Street in downtown Ogden, a few blocks south of Historic 25th Street. Founded by longtime friends Christine Otterstrom, a zoologist and barista, and Jenny Wilcox, a culinary school-trained baker, it pairs an espresso bar using locally roasted coffee and house-baked quiches, cookies and bars with a separate cat lounge. All of the lounge cats come from Weber County Animal Services, arrive spayed or neutered and vaccinated, and are adopted through the shelter. Lounge visits are timed, are currently walk-in only and carry a small admission fee, and guests sign a waiver and may bring their food and drinks into the lounge. Kittens too small to live in the lounge sometimes visit while they grow. The cafe also sells handmade merchandise, hosts events and takes private group bookings.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Grand Junction, Colorado · 212 mi / 341 km

The Downtown Cat Café is a cat cafe on Main Street in downtown Grand Junction, run by The Downtown Cat Company, a cat-only business that also offers grooming and overnight boarding. Opened in August 2025, the cafe has adoptable rescue cats from the nonprofit Loma Cat House roaming the room, often a couple of dozen at a time, with cat toys and board games for guests. Baristas serve espresso drinks, other hot and cold drinks, and pastries and cookies from local bakers. Entry is charged per person per hour. Walk-ins are accepted, but booking ahead is recommended, especially on weekends. The minimum age is 8, with exceptions for well-behaved children by arrangement, and children under 12 must come with an adult. Every cat in the cafe can be adopted on any day, with the paperwork done on site so the cat can go home the same visit.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Bozeman, Montana · 342 mi / 551 km

Cat Show Cat Café is a nonprofit cat lounge upstairs in The Market building at Ferguson Farm, above the Garden Barn plant and gift shop. Opened in November 2020 as Montana's first cat cafe, it is home to eight permanent resident cats who roam a large room with rafters to climb, an exercise wheel and big bean bags. The cats are not currently up for adoption. Visitors check in downstairs, wash their hands and pay a per-person entry fee for a day pass; reservations are encouraged because only 10 guests are allowed upstairs at once, and walk-ins may have to wait. No food or drink is sold, but guests can bring coffee or snacks from the businesses in The Market. Visitors must be 10 or older, with one adult per child under 16. Cat treats are sold on site, and guests can add drawings to an art scrapbook.

• Booking recommended

Boulder, Colorado · 354 mi / 570 km

Purrfect Pause Cat Cafe is a cat lounge, boutique and small cafe on Arapahoe Avenue in East Boulder, and serves as the shelter partner of RezDawg Rescue. All of its cats, from seniors to kittens, come from RezDawg foster homes, are already socialized and are available for adoption through the rescue's application. The cage-free lounge, decorated as a colorful cat forest, is visited in hourly sessions with a reduced rate for children aged 8 to 12, students, seniors and military. No one under eight may enter, children 14 and under must stay with a parent, and guests remove their shoes at the door, with socks provided. Reservations are recommended, and walk-ins are welcome when space allows. Coffee, tea and snacks are sold along with cat toys and cat-themed merchandise, and the cafe runs themed events and educational resources on cat care.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended