Snick's Cat Cafe

Manhattan, Kansas · 108 mi / 173 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

Tulsa, Oklahoma · 135 mi / 217 km

don't ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌⁠stress meowt in Tulsa is the second location of Oklahoma's first cat cafe, opened in January 2025 in The Farm Shopping Center at 51st Street and Sheridan Road in midtown Tulsa. The coffee shop is free to visit and serves specialty coffee, non-coffee drinks, paninis and cat-shaped mochi taiyaki, while glass walls give everyone a view of the cat lounge. The lounge is home to around 30 to 50 adoptable cats from community rescue partners, mostly cats at high risk in shelters, and it has high walkways, perches and a private retreat where cats can go to rest. Lounge visits are hour-long paid sessions; reservations are recommended and walk-ins are accepted when space is available. There is no minimum age, but children under 12 must be with an adult. The Tulsa cafe also offers cat grooming and boarding.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Lawrence, Kansas · 138 mi / 223 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

Pittsburg, Kansas · 140 mi / 226 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

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma · 141 mi / 227 km

The ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​⁠Chat - A Cat Cafe is in the Rose District of downtown Broken Arrow, just off Main Street and about 20 minutes from central Tulsa. It has two sides: a cafe that is free to enter, with coffee, tea, quiche, sweets and simple snacks, games, cat-themed books and a small gift shop, and a separate cat lounge with adoptable cats from the Broken Arrow Animal Shelter and other rescues. The lounge is fitted with a wooden cat tree, climbing ladder, spiral staircase, cat treadmill and wall-mounted furniture. Visits are paid by the half hour or the hour, with lower hourly rates for seniors, military, students and small children, and the fees help pay for veterinary care, food, litter, spay and neuter surgery and testing. Guests can buy treats to feed the cats. Walk-ins are welcome, and reservations are taken for groups and out-of-town visitors. Birthday parties can be booked.

• Adoptable cats

Oklahoma City · 156 mi / 252 km

don't ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌⁠stress meowt is a cat cafe on Linwood Boulevard west of downtown Oklahoma City, and it was Oklahoma's first cat cafe when it opened in May 2023. The coffee shop is free to enter and serves espresso drinks, local beer and wine, paninis and cat-shaped mochi taiyaki, and a full glass wall looks into the cat lounge. The lounge holds around 25 to 40 adoptable cats from community rescue partners, chosen from cats at high risk in shelters, with high walkways, perches and a private retreat the cats can use whenever they want. Visits are hour-long sessions for a fee, with reservations recommended and walk-ins taken when space allows, as only eight guests are inside at a time. There is no minimum age, but children under 12 need an adult. Hundreds of cats have been adopted, and it also offers cat grooming and boarding.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended