Second Cup Cat Café

Kansas City, Missouri · 8 mi / 13 km

Whiskers ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​⁠Cat Cafe & Coffeehouse is a cat cafe on Southwest Trafficway near 37th Street in Midtown Kansas City, Missouri, with its entrance and parking at the back of the building. Opened in November 2018, it was the first cat cafe in the Kansas City area. It has two sides: a full-service coffeehouse serving Messenger Coffee, open to anyone without a booking, and a separate cat lounge next door. The lounge has a few resident cats along with adoptable cats from KC Pet Project and other local rescues, and staff guide adopters through a matching process; more than 1,500 cats have been adopted. Lounge visits are booked online for a fee that includes a cup of drip coffee, every guest signs a waiver, and regular sessions are for ages 10 and up, with short family sessions for younger children. Yoga With Cats, paint nights and memberships are also offered.

• Adoptable cats

Lees Summit, Missouri · 19 mi / 31 km

Sugar ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌⁠Kittens Lee's Summit is the second branch of the Sugar Kittens kitten cafe, opened in June 2024 on Southwest Blue Parkway in Lee's Summit, a southeastern suburb of Kansas City. Like the original in Liberty, it fills a lounge with dozens of kittens and some adult cats, with new arrivals each week. Visitors book a 50-minute session online, and anyone under 16 must come with an adult. Most of the cats are available for adoption: applications are filled out during a visit and usually finalized within two days, adoptions are limited to residents of the Kansas City metro, and all cats are spayed or neutered, microchipped, tested and vaccinated before going home. Many guests come just for the kittens. The counter sells hard-to-find sodas, Fat & Weird Cookies, candy and cat-themed merchandise, and birthday parties and private bookings are offered.

• Adoptable cats

Liberty, Missouri · 23 mi / 36 km

Sugar ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌⁠Kittens Cat Cafe & Cattery is a kitten cafe on Route 291 in Liberty, Missouri, in the Northland of the Kansas City area. Founded by Jeff and Lacey Nielson, it opened in November 2020 and has rehomed more than a thousand cats and kittens across its two locations. The lounge usually holds dozens of kittens along with some adult cats, a few of them permanent residents, and new kittens arrive every week. Visitors book a 50-minute session online, and anyone under 16 must come with an adult. Many guests come just to play; others use the visit to meet a kitten to adopt; applications are filled out on site and usually finalized within two days, and adoptions are limited to residents of the Kansas City metro. The counter sells more than 100 hard-to-find sodas, Fat & Weird Cookies, candy and cat merchandise. A second branch is in Lee's Summit.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Lawrence, Kansas · 28 mi / 45 km

Espurresso ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop on Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence, a few blocks from South Park and the University of Kansas campus. Opened in July 2023 as Lawrence's first cat cafe, it serves locally roasted coffee, tea and baked goods made in-house, with vegan options daily. The adoptable cats and kittens come from the Lawrence Humane Society and live in the Purrlor, a plexiglass-walled enclosure with its own ventilation, so the cafe itself is comfortable for people with allergies and the bar seating looks straight in. Purrlor visits are paid by the half hour or hour, with reservations encouraged on weekends and walk-ins welcome when slots are free; only seven guests are inside at a time, and each adult may bring up to two children. Adoptions can be completed on the spot, and the fees go to the humane society.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Manhattan, Kansas · 103 mi / 166 km

Sunflower ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌⁠Cat Cafe is Manhattan's first cat cafe, set inside Sunflower Natural Pet Supplies, a locally owned pet store on Kimball Avenue in northwest Manhattan, a short drive from the Kansas State University campus. The cafe fosters a small group of adoptable cats, usually around six or seven, for Cattails, a local cat rescue, and visitors spend time with them in a cozy lounge while trying the cafe's menu of homemade food, such as quesadillas, muffins and cupcakes baked from scratch, along with coffee and other drinks. Visits are short paid sessions, and on weekdays entry comes with a food or drink purchase. Students use it as a study-break spot. The cafe also hosts cat yoga, movie nights for adults and fundraisers for Cattails, and adoptions of the cafe cats are arranged with the rescue.

• Adoptable cats

Pittsburg, Kansas · 109 mi / 175 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​⁠Literary Cat Co. is an independent bookstore and cat lounge on North Broadway in downtown Pittsburg, in southeast Kansas. It works like a regular bookshop, with a curated selection of new books, special orders, gifts from small makers, and coffee or tea to drink in comfortable reading chairs, but it is also a foster home for up to 10 adoptable cats who live and roam freely in the store. The cats come fully vetted from SEK Animal Advocates, a local foster-based rescue and spay and neuter group, and visitors can apply to adopt them. There is no separate cat room and no entry fee, although donations toward the cats' care are welcome. A few resident cats live there too. The shop can be reserved for birthday parties, bridal showers and other events, and it runs book registries for special occasions.

• Adoptable cats