Purr & Pour Cat Cafe

Charleston, South Carolina · 55 mi / 89 km

Pounce ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​⁠Cat Cafe + Wine Bar is a cat cafe on Meeting Street in downtown Charleston, between Marion Square and the Charleston Museum. Opened in 2016 as one of the first cat cafes in the South, it has a cafe and bar serving coffee, tea, lemonade, beer and wine with pre-packaged pastries and snacks, and a separate living-room-style cat lounge. The cats come from the shelter Pet Helpers, and the cafe fosters 15 to 20 of its adoptable cats at a time; they live there uncaged until adopted, and adoptions are arranged at the cafe. Lounge visits are booked by the hour for a fee, and drinks can be taken in. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended, as only a few guests are allowed in each hour. Visitors must be at least 12, and those aged 12 to 15 need a parent or guardian.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Columbia, South Carolina · 111 mi / 178 km

Cat ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠Daddy's Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on Main Street in Columbia, between the Cottontown and Elmwood Park neighborhoods about two miles north of the State House. It began when the owner, Mohammad, started feeding and then taking in stray cats from the neighborhood, and the cafe is now home to more than a dozen rescued resident cats. The coffee bar serves drip coffee, espresso and seasonal lattes made with locally roasted beans, lemonades, ice cream and desserts, and visitors pay for a 30-minute or one-hour session in the separate cat room. Socks are required in the cat room, and cat socks are sold at the desk. Walk-ins are welcome, and booking ahead is recommended at weekends; the room can also be reserved for parties. The cafe sells cat merchandise and local goods and holds occasional adoption events.

• Booking recommended

Fayetteville, North Carolina · 115 mi / 186 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌⁠Farmer's Cat Cafe is Fayetteville's first cat cafe, on Gillespie Street at the corner of the service road, and opened in February 2025. It is family-run and combines a coffee shop, rotating local food trucks and a room of adoptable cats and kittens supplied by its partner rescue, T.A.R.A. Rescue. The cafe serves coffee drinks, smoothies and pastries, and the owners plan a neighborhood farmers market with American-grown produce. Visits with the cats are booked as separate cat time sessions with a per-person fee, and the cat sessions run on their own schedule, which can differ from the coffee shop's hours. Anyone who connects with a cat can apply to adopt through the rescue. The cafe cannot take in cats from the public.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Monroe, North Carolina · 133 mi / 214 km

Charlie's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌⁠Cat Cafe is a nonprofit cat cafe on North Main Street in downtown Monroe, run by Charlie's Angels Animal Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) rescue. The sanctuary pulls cats from high-intake shelters and takes in some local strays, has them vetted, spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped, and houses them in the cafe's cat lounge until they are adopted. The cafe counter is separate from the lounge and sells coffee, beer, wine, soda and pastries along with pet supplies, local art and merchandise, so anyone can stop in without a fee. Time with the cats is charged per person, either as one-hour reservations booked online or shorter walk-in visits when space allows, and private hours for small groups can be booked. Visitors must be at least 7. The cafe is named after Charlie, a rescued cat, and the sanctuary also runs a barn cat program.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Carthage, North Carolina · 137 mi / 220 km

Kitten ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​⁠Around Cat Lounge is Moore County's first cat cafe, on Courthouse Square in historic downtown Carthage. The building is split between a coffeehouse with locally roasted drip coffee, bubble tea, hot cocoa and baked goods from bakeries in Aberdeen, and a cage-free cat playroom where guests play with and cuddle adoptable cats. Usually about eight cats live in the lounge, never more than ten, and all are fully vetted and come from three partner rescues including Feline Friends of Moore County. The playroom holds six or seven guests at a time, so reservations are encouraged although not required. Children from age 2 are welcome; under-14s need an adult with them and under-18s need a parent's waiver. Visitors can also watch the cats from the cafe. The lounge offers room bookings for small groups and events such as paint nights with the cats.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Savannah, Georgia · 138 mi / 222 km

Pounce ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌​‌‌⁠Cat Cafe is a cat cafe and wine bar on West Broughton Street in Savannah's Historic District, near Franklin Square and City Market, and the sister cafe of Pounce in Charleston. A front cafe serves coffee, tea, beer and wine with pre-packaged pastries and snacks, and a separate cat lounge holds 15 to 20 adoptable cats from the Humane Society for Greater Savannah, which live at the cafe uncaged until they are adopted. Adoptions can be arranged on site. Lounge visits are charged by the hour, and you can take your drink in with you. Reservations are not required but are strongly recommended because the lounge takes only a small number of guests per hour, and weekends are busiest. The minimum age is 12, and visitors aged 12 to 15 must come with a parent or guardian. The cafe also hosts events such as cat yoga.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended