A Sanctuary Cafe
Boston, Massachusetts
A Sanctuary Cafe is a cafe, micro-bookstore and cat lounge on Charles Street in Beacon Hill, a short walk from Charles/MGH station on the Red Line. Opened in 2024 as Boston's only cat cafe, it is home to about a dozen resident rescue cats that live there permanently and are not for adoption. The cafe and bookstore are open to everyone and serve locally sourced coffee, tea, espresso drinks and pastries, with seats overlooking the cats. Time in the cat lounge, which spans two levels including a quieter area, is by reservation only in one-hour slots, and the fee includes a credit to spend in the cafe; weekend rates are higher. Children under 8 are not allowed in the lounge, and visitors aged 8 to 14 must be supervised. Guests may bring cafe food and drink into the lounge but must not feed, pick up or wake the cats.