A restaurant for cats (and their adoptions) is scheduled to open in Glastonbury later this 12 months.
GLASTONBURY, CT — A cat cafe is coming to Glastonbury.
The cafe is the imaginative and prescient of Beth Drazak, who’s been an space monetary adviser for the previous 24 years, however has had a terrific affection for cats and their welfare ever since she adopted Marcie in 1995.They spent 11 years collectively.
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It shall be named Marcie’s Angels Cat Cafe.
“I name it my pre-retirement ardour mission,” Drazak informed Patch throughout a Wednesday cellphone interview. “I visited a New Haven cat cafe (final 12 months) and was informed every part I wanted to find out about them. After that, I could not get the thought out of my head.”
This week, conversion work at 3039 Main Street was below method. That’s a spot in a plaza close to PetSmart vacated by a barber store, which relocated close by. The cafe is on the Glastonbury facet of the plaza that straddles the East Hartford city line.
Drazak is hoping for a mid-to-late-summer opening.
The 1,500-square-foot house will be capable of accommodate a restaurant on one finish and a lounge for people to go to eight-to-10 cats being fostered on the location. In different phrases, patrons will be capable of purchase a espresso and a snack and hang around with the cats. The objective, Drazak stated, is to get them adopted.
The cost is $15 for a 50-minute slot to play with the cats, Drazak stated. East Hartford-based Protectors of Animals, for which Drazak volunteers, will deal with adoptions.
“That ensures that the cats shall be absolutely vetted — together with behavioral screening,” Drazak stated. “We intention to have the cafe income helps the business and the ultimate objective is to seek out the cats properties.”
In addition to common prospects, the cafe will be capable of host occasions. Drazak stated she has already been approached by paint evening organizers, a cat yoga teacher and a Girls Scout troop (for a subject journey), to call a couple of..
“Marcie’s Angels Cat Cafe’s mission is to supply a secure, clear, and comfy atmosphere for folks and cats to get pleasure from one another’s firm,” Drakak stated. “We’re goin g to supply a secure atmosphere for adoptable at-risk cats to seek out their eternally properties.”
The title is designed to honor Marcie’s reminiscence and the affect she had on Drazak’s Beth’s life.
