The Purrfect Cup Cat Café
The First Cat Café in the Maritimes
The Purrfect Cup is the first cat café in the Maritimes, and the second in the Atlantic provinces (Newfoundland was the first). Locally-sourced Whitney coffee and locally-baked goods are offered in a cat-free environment at the front of the business with a good-sized seating area with an industrial vibe. Then, in striking contrast at the back of the café, is a separate warm & cozy hang out called The Cat Lounge. The Purrfect Cup opened in 2018 as a much welcomed café on the northside of Fredericton, New Brunswick conveniently located at the corner of Two Nations Crossing & Cliffe Street (near Willie O’Ree Place).
Locally-Made Eats & Drinks
Enjoy a locally-made baked good by Curious Foods, Inc., or try a soup and build a sandwich with a fresh bagel from The Great Canadian Bagel. Local Whitney Coffee Company's popular Medium Colombian & French Dark Roast are brewed daily, and beans by the pound are available to purchase. Enjoy an iced coffee or a specialty coffee at The Purrfect Cup. Select an Americano, Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha, Espresso, or a Flat White. Tea lovers need not despair, The Purrfect Cup has you covered with over a dozen flavours including the popular London Fog, Chai Fog, Peppermint Fog, Matcha Fog & the very yummy Lavender Fog.
Community-Minded Cat Café
Besides good eats & drinks, you can also get a good fe-line supporting this café, and purr-haps cat-ch a cat nap with some furry friends, too. The Purrfect Cup gives back to the community by hosting local shelter ready-to-adopt cats & kittens in their cat lounge. This is a win-win situation as a lot of cats have found their fur-ever families through this community-minded feature. Over 650 have been adopted since opening in 2018. How meow-ve-lous is that?! =^..^=
Happy Cats
Large viewing windows allow café goers in the cat-free front section a fishbowl peek at The Cat Lounge, and for those cat-loving customers that want to enter the room for some closer encounters, they can do so for a small fee (which goes directly back to kitty care). There is nothing like curling up with a cuppa, and getting some sweet kitten snuggles to de-stress. The amount of happy cats & customers I met inside the lounge tell me that I am not the only one who thinks this idea is the cat’s meow!
Adopt a Kitty
Access is available to this special room for those customers wishing to adopt a kitty or those that just enjoy an opportunity to interact with cats. This room is dedicated as temporary housing for rescued adoptable local cats from St. George Animal Shelter & Dunroamin' Stray & Rescue in Riverbank, New Brunswick. If you meet a cat you want to adopt, you apply using the “Big Book of Kitties,” located in the cat lounge, or through the links to the affiliate shelters on The Purr-fect Cup’s website page. The shelters get to know you, and when approved, arrangements are made so you can pick-up your fur-ever friend. By the way, The Purrfect Cup is presently looking for some replacement furniture for their lounge, so if you are upgrading your sofa or loveseat, please consider donating your used one. The Cat Lounge resident cats & customers would thank you me-ow & fur-ever!
Korey Jennings
Inspired after seeing a story on a Cat Café in Calgary, Korey Jennings thought, “Hey, that’s a cool idea!” and well, the rest, as they say, is hiss… tory. All kidding aside, this entrepreneur, along with his wife Shona, have truly created a purr-fect café that truly cares about giving back to the community. =^..^=
The Purr-fect Cup
So, whether you come for the good eats & drinks, or for the kitties, know that you are supporting a great cause. (I was going to say ‘claws’ but I just thought that was too much). =^..^= Enjoy a cuppa and purr-haps get some kitty snuggles, too, or maybe even find yourself a fur-baby just don’t fur-get that this place is for everyone! Come give The Purrfect Cup a try! It is paws-i-tive-ly purr-fect!
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