The Kitty Cup

Jupiter, Florida · 28 mi / 45 km

Furry ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌⁠Friends Cafe is a small cafe inside the Jupiter adoption center of Furry Friends Humane, a nonprofit animal rescue on Capital Street in Jupiter, in northern Palm Beach County. Opened in early 2026 in the center's boutique, it invites visitors to have a drink, browse the shop or work on a laptop, and to spend time playing with the rescue's adoptable cats in the cat rooms, which are large and well equipped. The cafe counter keeps shorter hours than the adoption center, serving from Wednesday to Sunday in the late morning, while the center and its cat rooms are open every day. Children must be supervised in the cat rooms at all times, guests are asked not to chase or disturb resting cats, and parties or group gatherings need prior approval. Adoptions of cats and dogs are arranged on site.

• Adoptable cats

West Palm Beach, Florida · 42 mi / 68 km

Nine ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​⁠Lives Café is a nonprofit cat cafe and wellness space on North Dixie Highway in the Northwood area of West Palm Beach, north of downtown. The front cafe, which has no cats, serves specialty coffee, matcha, tea and pastries and looks into the cat room through glass. Next door, the Cat Heaven room is home to rescue cats and kittens waiting for adoption, and visitors pay a separate hourly admission to spend time with them, with reduced rates for children 11 and under and seniors 65 and over. Booking ahead by phone is recommended. Adoptions are arranged on site. The cafe also runs mat Pilates classes in the company of the cats, offers memberships and hosts community events, including free activities for women and children. It is a woman-owned and Black-owned business with a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking on site, and it is closed on Mondays.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Melbourne, Florida · 58 mi / 94 km

Lily's ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​⁠Kitty Café is the cat cafe of the Brevard Humane Society, set inside its Molly Mutt II Thrift Shop on West New Haven Avenue (US 192) in Melbourne, Florida, across from the golf course. It opened in summer 2026. Visitors book one-hour sessions in a supervised room with adoptable cats from the humane society's adoption program, and they can come simply to relax with the cats as well as to meet a possible new pet. Admission is charged per person, with a discount for Brevard Humane Society members, and the fees support the care and enrichment of the cats. Reservations are required and made online, and spots are limited. Cats can be adopted through the Brevard Humane Society, a nonprofit no-kill shelter founded in 1952, and every purchase in the surrounding thrift shop also supports the shelter.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Frostproof, Florida · 77 mi / 124 km

Purrfectly ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​⁠Brewed Cat Café is a family-run coffee shop and cat rescue in an old house on North Scenic Highway, the main road through Frostproof in Polk County, Florida. It opened in February 2026. The cafe serves espresso drinks, specialty lattes, cupcakes and snacks, with shaded tables out front, and around 20 adoptable cats live in a separate cat room. Visitors pay a per-person fee to spend time in the cat room, can bring their food and drinks in with them, and use the toys and brushes provided. Visits can be booked online or bought on arrival. The cats are rescued strays and surrenders, and the cafe works with S&G Cat Rescue and Hands Helping Paws on adoptions and with a local vet clinic on their care. It also hosts trivia nights and murder mystery evenings, and is closed on Wednesdays.

• Adoptable cats

Fort Lauderdale, Florida · 80 mi / 128 km

Good ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌⁠Luck Cat Cafe is a volunteer-run cat adoption lounge on the second floor of Progresso Plaza in Fort Lauderdale's Progresso Village, close to the FAT Village arts district and Flagler Village. It is operated by Lady Luck Animal Rescue, a nonprofit rescue that takes in cats surrendered by owners, found as strays or transferred from animal control. Visitors can walk in without a reservation and spend time with free-roaming adult cats in the main lounge and with younger cats in a separate kitten room. The lounge runs on donations rather than a fixed ticket, and coffee and snacks are available. Every cat is vetted, vaccinated, spayed or neutered and microchipped, and adoptions go through an application and a home visit. The cafe is open every day except major holidays, and the rescue also offers community service hours for students who foster kittens.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Kissimmee, Florida · 101 mi / 162 km

Maine ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​⁠Coon Manor Cat Cafe is a large cat cafe on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway (US 192) in Kissimmee, in the tourist corridor next to Old Town. Opened in early 2026, it pairs a coffee shop serving specialty drinks and pastries with ticketed cat lounges. One lounge is home to the cafe's own resident cats, mostly Maine Coons along with other pedigree breeds such as Sphynx and Scottish Folds, which are not for adoption. A separate adoption room holds rescued cats and kittens taken from high-kill shelters through local rescue organizations, and these can be adopted. Lounge visits are timed sessions of just under an hour, and everyone aged three and over needs a ticket bought in advance; a waiver is required. The cafe is closed on Mondays and stays open later on Saturdays. Proceeds are meant to fund a future cat sanctuary.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required