Coffee shop side with window bubbles on the wall that felines can climb up into. Credit: Thanks To Sheron Colbert.
Cat Bubble Coffee Shop and Bar at 5568 N. High St. opened in August with the objective of assisting felines discover their permanently houses.
Ivy Hou, the coffee shop owner and a long time animal fan who has actually formerly dealt with Nest Felines— a Columbus not-for-profit that focuses on the saving and adoption efforts of felines– stated cat coffee shops comparable to Cat Bubble Coffee Shop and Bar were closed in Columbus due to COVID-19, providing her with the chance to open her own.
” Individuals can delight in the beverages and have fun with the cats and be familiar with them much better, understand their character and after that discover the best one,” Hou stated. “The cat can pick the best individual, individuals can pick the best cat.”
John Everett, the supervisor of Cat Bubble, stated it uses a coffee menu and a variety of cat-themed beers– such as Hellcat, Aquacat and Cougar, Catnip and Meow-go Enthusiasm Fruit, according to the menu.
” We do have like your timeless bubble teas. We have some fruit teas. We have some shimmering beverages too, some lemonades– type of a bit of range for everybody.” Everett stated.
Everett stated for those who might dislike felines however still wish to delight in the coffee shop in some method, there is a bar with a window view to the cat side and clear bubbles along the wall for felines to climb up into.
Everett stated the pink and blue coffee shop is embellished with a range of cat styles, making the area inviting for consumers.
” If you’re looking simply to get your coffee, a location to do your research, type of hang out, that’s what the coffee shop’s for,” Everett stated.
Hou stated the coffee shop keeps around 15-20 felines in the lounge, and it functions as a short-term house till they are embraced.
The adoption application is done through Nest Cats Adoption Center situated in Dublin, Ohio, at 2740 Celebration Lane, Everett stated. The application consists of a background check and can be done online.
” Let’s state somebody does discover a cat here that they have an interest in. They can put an application in through them, and after that Nest Cats will alert us that they’re authorized, and after that they’ll can be found in, and we’ll begin the adoption procedure,” Everett stated. “We do not hold the felines, however if the cat’s still here, they can take them house.”
Everett stated the lounge supplies personal area for each cat and a location to communicate with other felines and prospective adopters.
” We have the display room where they can go and play and socialize with individuals, however then we have a back-of-shop area for them to go and decompress where their food and litter boxes and things are. So, it resembles they live internal.” Everett stated.
Everett stated there is a charge to go into the Cat Bubble’s cat lounge, and bookings are suggested.
” We keep a 16-people cap on the hour, and we do 2 kinds of sessions. We do it beginning on the hour and on the 30-minute marker of the hour,” Everett stated. “It’s $15 per individual for, like, the entire hour, or $10 if you’re simply desiring the 30-minute session per individual.”
Everett stated cat lounge entryway costs add to the felines and their area at Cat Bubble Coffee Shop. He stated costs spent for embracing a cat are paid to Nest Cats.
According to its Instagram, Cat Bubble has actually had actually 47 felines embraced considering that opening in August.
For updates, Cat Bubble Coffee shop and Bar can be discovered on Instagram, Facebook or straight at its site
