Le Café Refuge
Levis, Quebec
Le Café Refuge is a specialty coffee shop and cat adoption cafe on Route des Rivières in the Saint-Rédempteur sector of Lévis, on the south shore across the Pont de Québec from Québec City. Opened in June 2025, it serves third-wave coffee, homemade sandwiches and pastries in a bright cafe room, with a glass-walled cat space in the middle of the cafe where visitors can go in to meet and pet the cats. The cats come from the SPA de Lévis, which arranges adoptions; around eight cats usually live in the cat space at a time, and when all have been adopted there may briefly be none. Visitors simply buy something from the cafe, and children are welcome as long as they stay with an adult and follow the cat-space rules. Board games are available, and a small boutique sells handmade cat-themed items. The cafe is open every day.