The Region Cat Cafe
Merrillville, Indiana
The Region Cat Cafe is a coffee shop and cat lounge on West 80th Place in Merrillville, in Northwest Indiana. The café side serves coffee, drinks and desserts to anyone, while the separate lounge holds adoptable cats from Second Chance 4 Pets Network, a foster-based rescue the cafe works with to ease the shortage of foster homes. Lounge visits are best reserved online, and walk-ins are admitted when there is space. The cafe passed its 700th adoption around its fourth anniversary, and its fees and donations help pay for the cats' care. It runs regular events in the lounge, including an adults-only book club, bingo and coloring nights, paint-your-pet classes, plush-making sessions and reading to the cats for children. Visitors who do not plan to adopt are welcome, since time in the lounge helps socialize the cats. Hours are shorter in the fall and winter, and parking is free.
- Adoptable cats
- Booking recommended