Cat Cafes in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Happy ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​⁠Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on Division Avenue South in downtown Grand Rapids, opened in 2017 as the city's first cat cafe. The lounge usually has 10 to 15 adoptable cats from the partner rescue Fig and Friends, and more than a thousand cats have been adopted from it. The cafe side is open to anyone without a reservation and serves espresso drinks, cat-themed lattes and mocktails. Lounge visits are sold as 30-minute or one-hour sessions, cheaper Monday to Thursday than at weekends; reservations are recommended for weekends and walk-ins are taken when there is room. On weekdays, buying a drink includes a free 15-minute walk-in visit. Children under 13 need an adult in the lounge. The cafe runs paint nights, tarot readings, trivia, crochet evenings, a silent book club and cat yoga, and the lounge can be booked for private parties.

• Adoptable cats
• Booking recommended

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Second ⁠‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌⁠Chance Cats Lounge & Adoption Center is the public home of Second Chance Cats of West Michigan, a volunteer-run nonprofit cat rescue founded in 2021, on Knapp Street NE in Grand Rapids' Creston area. The rescue pulls at-risk cats from partner municipal shelters and rescues such as the Kent County Animal Shelter, focusing on cats that need extra time, medical care or patience to learn to trust people. The rescue is foster-based, and some of its adoptable cats are housed at the center. During weekend open hours, anyone can walk in to visit and pet the cats in the center's cat rooms; there is no set fee, but donations are requested. Visits outside open hours can be arranged by email. Adoptions follow a thorough application process. It does not take in strays or owner surrenders from the public.

• Adoptable cats
• Walk-ins welcome