Help Meowt Catfe
Newton, North Carolina
Help Meowt Catfe is a nonprofit cat cafe and adoption lounge on West NC 10 Highway in Newton, near Hickory, run by the rescue group Help Meowt Catawba, with a soft opening on October 24, 2026. The building has a cat-free cafe serving coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh juices and sparkling teas, packaged snacks and a children's menu. Large windows look into two cat lounges: the Nature Lounge for adult cats and the Ocean Lounge for younger cats and kittens, with about 24 adoptable cats in all. Lounge sessions last 45 minutes, and every guest signs a waiver. Children under 5 are admitted only at set times, and children 16 and under must be with an adult. Adoptions go through an application and a virtual home check. All profits fund the group's rescue and community cat work, and the building also offers cat boarding.