La P'tite Griffe Café
Bruges, Nouvelle Aquitaine
La P'tite Griffe Café is the first bar à chats in Bruges, a suburb just north of Bordeaux, on Rue Pierre Andron near the Grand Darmal bus stop and car park. Run by Anne-Claire and Victor, it acts as a foster home for the local association Les Chats de Bacalan: every cat in the café, around six at a time, is sterilised, vaccinated, microchipped and available for adoption. Visitors walk in without booking, enter through an airlock with a member of staff and follow simple rules such as letting sleeping cats rest and not feeding them; groups are asked to reserve. The menu is organic and local, with specialty coffee, organic teas, vegan cookies and muffins and a savoury lunch plate. The café hosts cat yoga, drawing, knitting, writing and massage workshops, Friday board game evenings and a food truck on the terrace.
- Adoptable cats
- Walk-ins welcome