Cat Cafes in Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina

Cats ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌⁠at Play Café is a cat cafe, coffee shop and cat-themed boutique on Eagle Street in downtown Asheville, opened in May 2023 as the city's first cat cafe. It is a foster home for adoptable cats from two rescue partners, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue and Heart of the Foothills Animal Rescue in Rutherfordton, and more than 600 cats have passed through it. The cafe serves coffee from Kitty Town Coffee, matcha drinks, tea, beer, wine, mocktails and snacks, and anyone can visit the cafe and shop without going into the cat lounge. Lounge visits carry an entrance fee that goes entirely to the cats' care; walk-ins are taken when there is room, but reservations are recommended. Special Kiddie Kitty Time sessions for families with young children run on Saturday and Monday mornings. Some adoption fees are sponsored, and service dogs are not allowed in the cat lounge.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Asheville, North Carolina

House ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of Black Cat Magic is a metaphysical supply shop and black cat lounge on Haywood Road in West Asheville, opened in May 2023. It works with Binx's Home for Black Cats, a nonprofit, and Miss Dixie's Kitten Rescue to raise awareness of black cats, which are often passed over, and every cat in the lounge is available for adoption. The shop sells candles, incense, herbs, books and ritual tools, many sourced locally, and visitors pay a fee to spend time with the cats in a cage-free lounge. Reservations are encouraged but not required, and groups of six or more book a party package. Children 10 and older may visit with a parent at any time, teens 14 and up may go in alone, and families with younger children can use daily kiddy hours, which run all day on Sundays. The building has a ramp entrance and public restrooms.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended