Sugar Kittens Cat Cafe & Cattery

Kansas City, Missouri · 15 mi / 24 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

Shawnee, Kansas · 23 mi / 36 km

Second ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌⁠Cup Cat Café is a nonprofit cat lounge on Nieman Road in Shawnee, Kansas. It opened in Olathe in 2022 as the first cat cafe in Johnson County and moved to Shawnee after leaving its Olathe building in 2025. All the cats come from its partner rescue, Melissa's Second Chances, and are available for adoption; more than 1,260 cats have found homes through the cafe. A visit is an hour in a large, homey lounge with couches, wall perches, cat trees and toys, and each ticket includes a free hot or cold drink. Reservations are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome when there is room. Children pay less, toddlers enter free, and anyone under 18 must be with an adult; every guest signs a waiver. The cafe hosts yoga with cats, bingo nights and seasonal events, and the lounge can be rented for parties.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Lees Summit, Missouri · 23 mi / 38 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

Lawrence, Kansas · 47 mi / 75 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

Columbia, Missouri · 115 mi / 185 km

Bertha's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌⁠Beans Cat Café is a coffee shop and cat lounge at the western edge of downtown Columbia, near Providence Road and Broadway and a short walk from the University of Missouri. It is run by the owners of the local Lizzi & Rocco's Natural Pet Market and works as a large foster home for Columbia Second Chance, so apart from two resident cats every cat in the lounge is available for adoption through the rescue. The cats live in their own room, separated from the cafe and kitchen by an airlock, and visitors pay an entry fee for time with them; no reservation is needed. Guests of all ages are welcome, but under-16s must stay with a paying adult, and everyone signs a waiver. The cafe serves espresso, tea, house-made pastries, wraps and sandwiches, sells cat-themed goods and offers monthly and annual memberships.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Manhattan, Kansas · 116 mi / 187 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