Kuro Neko Coffee & Co
Belem, Para
Kuro Neko Coffee & Co is a cat cafe on Travessa Rui Barbosa in Reduto, Belém, opened in May 2025 as the first cat cafe in Pará. The name means black cat in Japanese, and the menu leans on Japanese and cat themes, with specialty coffee, matcha drinks, cat-shaped sandwiches and toasts, cakes and its signature coxinhas. The cats are adult rescues available for adoption, about six at a time, placed through partner animal protection projects. They live in a separate, monitored room called the Gateria, which visitors can enter for 15-minute sessions for a small fee that goes to the partner projects, after agreeing to house rules such as no shouting or running. Adoption involves a form, an interview and sometimes a home visit. On weekdays the cafe doubles as a coworking space with a day pass that includes access to the cats, and it has a small shop selling plush toys and keychains.