Sugar Kittens Lee's Summit

Kansas City, Missouri · 16 mi / 25 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 · 19 mi / 31 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

Liberty, Missouri · 23 mi / 38 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 · 46 mi / 74 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 · 104 mi / 168 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

Columbia, Missouri · 110 mi / 177 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