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San Antonio visitors will need to watch their step when they walk into Purr-fecto Cat Lounge<\/a>, an upcoming caf\u00e9 opening at 227 E Cevallos St. in Southtown. More than a dozen friendly cats will always be underfoot, scaling the obstacle course on the walls, or lounging on a fuzzy surface waiting to demand attention and scritches.<\/p>\n

The cat caf\u00e9, San Antonio\u2019s first since the controversial San Antonio Cat Caf\u00e9 shuttered in 2017, comes from Austin, where owner Lupita Foster works with animal rescue groups to promote adoptions. Visitors will be able to order coffee and wine, but more importantly, bond with feline friends.<\/p>\n

When the Austin lounge first opened, Foster told CultureMap that she wants people to spend more time getting to know cats before adopting them. She saw the effects firsthand when her then-fianc\u00e9 fell in love with their shelter cat, Romeo, while the couple was volunteering.<\/p>\n

Romeo had been called the \u201cproblem child\u201d and barred from meeting people because he was too territorial. But as the pair spent time with him, they found his sassy attitude more charming than they could have guessed, eventually taking him in as their own.<\/p>\n

Although obviously, the goal of Purr-fecto will be the perfect meet-cute, hanging out in real life also ensures cats don\u2019t go home with the wrong people.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere you’re going to be able to see \u2014 kind of like speed dating \u2014 who you’re vibing [with], and who you’ve got a crush on,\u201d says Foster. \u201cMaybe you\u2019ve got a crush on one, but she’s not vibing with you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the caf\u00e9 is open, visitors will be able to book by time slot, with no advance notice necessary. Since the lounge leaves the adoption paperwork to the rescue organizations, it runs on affordable booking fees.<\/p>\n

The spot will also include a wine and coffee bar, partnering with local bakeries on snacks and sweet treats. Those who remember the rag-tag appearance of San Antonio Cat Caf\u00e9 will find an entirely different experience. The Austin lounge is a more glam affair with touches like sequined pillows, (faux) furry throws, and an accent wall covered in purple silk roses.<\/p>\n

Although Purr-fecto does not yet have an opening date, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation records estimate that the buildout will be finished by September. Project timelines are subject to change without notice.<\/p>\n

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This story contains additional reporting by San Antonio CultureMap Editor Brandon Watson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio visitors will need to watch their step when they walk into Purr-fecto Cat Lounge, an upcoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[94821,94822,14138,82,84,83,48268],"class_list":{"0":"post-249781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-community-gardens","9":"tag-food-forests","10":"tag-gardening","11":"tag-san-antonio","12":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","13":"tag-san-antonio-news","14":"tag-urban-gardening"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}