PURe JOY Cat Cafe
Daytona Beach, Florida
PURe JOY Cat Cafe is a nonprofit cat adoption lounge and gift shop on Beville Road in Daytona Beach, run by father and son Frank Lund and Isaac Morden, who has Down syndrome. It opened in May 2024 with the aim of creating jobs for people with special needs as well as finding homes for rescue cats. Visitors pay an entrance donation for the cat lounge, which includes a drink and a prepackaged cookie, and the kitten room is included in the same visit in kitten season. Appointments are made online, and walk-ins are taken only when there is space. The gift shop, with cat and beach-themed merchandise, is open to everyone. All the cats are spayed or neutered, vaccinated and microchipped before adoption, which is done through an application. Hours are short and vary by day.