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Altoona, Pennsylvania · 7 mi / 11 km

Catty Corner is a nonprofit cat rescue and cat lounge on 13th Avenue in downtown Altoona. It operates from the former Second Chance Strays Cat Rescue and Lounge, which took on the Catty Corner name in late 2025, and gives rescued cats a home-like space to live until they are adopted. Visitors can come in during the weekly open hours simply to spend time with the cats, or to meet one they might take home, and a modest visit fee helps cover food, litter and veterinary care. Around twenty cats and kittens are usually in residence, all spayed or neutered, vaccinated, microchipped and tested before adoption, with reduced fees for adopting two kittens together. Adoption applications are handled through the rescue's online form. The lounge is staffed by volunteers and has relaxed seating and plenty of climbing space for the cats.

• Adoptable cats

Johnstown, Pennsylvania · 27 mi / 43 km

Rusty Cat Cafe is Johnstown's first cat cafe, on Walnut Street in the downtown area. It grew out of the rescue of 19 feral cats living behind the building by volunteers from the Johnstown Animal Welfare Society, and the cafe now works with local rescues to house adoptable cats in a separate, cage-free cat room. The cafe has a Western theme and serves La Prima coffee from Pittsburgh, specialty lattes, dirty sodas, house-made pastries and breakfast and lunch sandwiches, with plenty of seating for guests who do not visit the cats. Entry to the cat room is a small separate fee, and reservations are recommended. Proceeds from the cafe support local rescue work, and visitors can meet cats there with the aim of adopting or simply spend time with them.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Indiana, Pennsylvania · 40 mi / 65 km

Dexter's Cat Cafe is Indiana, Pennsylvania's first cat cafe, on Philadelphia Street in the downtown area near Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Named after the owners' dog, it was opened to give adoptable cats and kittens a less stressful place to meet people, in partnership with the local rescue Four Footed Friends, and usually has about ten to twenty fully vetted cats in its cat room. Visitors book 45-minute cat room sessions online, with a lower price for children 12 and under and a shorter 20-minute express visit, and the room is limited to a small group at a time. The front cafe serves coffee, espresso drinks, tea and local pastries, has a viewing window into the cat room and can be used without visiting the cats. The cafe also hosts events and private parties, and runs Penny's Pet Pantry to help local pet owners.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking required

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania · 53 mi / 85 km

Coaster Cats Cat Cafe Chambersburg is a cat cafe on South Main Street in downtown Chambersburg, near Memorial Square. It occupies the space of the former Round-A-Bout Bagels cat cafe, which opened here in late 2025, and reopened in 2026 under Coaster Cats, the business of husband-and-wife owners Roxy and Nick Moseley, who also run the Carlisle cafe. The resident cats come from the Cumberland Valley Animal Shelter and are all available for adoption. Guests pay timed admission in 30- or 60-minute slots, with lower prices for children, and coffee drinks, bagels and snacks are sold separately at the counter. Booking online is recommended, especially on weekends, but walk-ins are accepted when there is room. Every visitor needs a ticket and a signed waiver, and children 12 and under must be accompanied. The cafe holds themed events through the year.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia · 56 mi / 90 km

Give Purrs A Chance is a nonprofit cat adoption center and cat cafe in a two-story Victorian house on Independence Street in Berkeley Springs, a short walk from the town's historic spa park. Opened in May 2017, it takes in vetted, spayed and neutered cats and kittens from four regional rescue organizations and lets them roam freely through the house, where they mix with visitors and with each other while they wait for adoption. It is one of the largest cat cafes in the country by floor space and usually has a large number of cats in residence, including a dedicated kitten room. Visitors pay a low admission fee, with a reduced rate for young children, which gives all-day access, and no appointment is needed. The house also has the Catique Boutique, selling vintage and new cat-themed items alongside work by local artists, and a kitten cam online.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome

Greensburg, Pennsylvania · 59 mi / 95 km

Cattfeinated Cat Cafe is a cat cafe on East Otterman Street in downtown Greensburg, Westmoreland County's first, opened in November 2019. One side of the building is a full coffee bar and boutique with coffee, tea, bubble tea, local baked goods and pet-themed gifts, and the other holds two separate cat playrooms, including a kitten room, with around 20 adoptable cats. All of the cats come from the local rescue Wayward Whiskers, live at the cafe uncaged until they are adopted, and more than 500 have found homes so far. Visitors pay to spend time in the cat rooms; reservations are recommended, especially at weekends, because numbers in the lounges are limited, but walk-ins are welcome when there is space. The cafe can be visited without going in with the cats. Inside is also the Thrifty Kitty Catique, a thrift shop whose proceeds benefit Wayward Whiskers.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended