Lancatster Cat Cafe

11/27/2025

We had such a beautiful, cozy, and silly thanksgiving with you.

We made some great new friends today, shared cookies with each other, and overall just had a lovely time. It means so much that folks came because they knew they’d feel safe and welcome in this community space. Also, Marble Cat Head was obviously a huge hit and is now a thanksgiving tradition.

So grateful for our friends and neighbors,
today and every day. ❤️🐱🐱🐱

11/23/2025

CAT CAFE CALENDARS ARE HEREEEE!

We can’t wait for you to see our one-of-a-kind calendars now displayed in the cafe! Each page of the calendar has a real cafe kitty featured; some new and some from the very beginning (we think the OG fans will be stoked). We only have a limited supply (and do not ship, I’m sorry far away friends), so come grab them while they’re here 😻

Thanks so much to for designing and bringing these to life! 🫶

11/22/2025

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A HUGE thank you to every single person that donated to us yesterday during ExtraGive 💛 We are so grateful for all of your support and the kitties are extra thankful too! 🐱

Because of you, we can continue giving these sweet babies the care, safety, and second chances they deserve. Your kindness makes our mission possible, and we couldn’t do it without you.

11/21/2025

Today!

Now what you’ve REALLY been waiting for…
ORCA is excited to formally invite you to our FREE Open House this Friday , November 21st! Our doors will be open from 8 am - 10 PM to celebrate , hang out with our adoptable kitties and learn more about ORCA‘s mission! (And meet our Office Manager Rodeo)

This is a rare opportunity as visiting our rescue is by appointment only and is not open to the public…except for Friday! 😉 ❤️🐾

We will also be accepting donations of dry/ wet cat and dog food, pet beds, litter etc but it is not required for entry

We can’t wait to see all of you and your presence and contributions mean more to us than you could ever know!

11/21/2025

Happy Extra Give Day!
We’re supporting and their mission for Extra Give this year. If you can, please donate to help support this great nonprofit organization continue to do the wonderful things that they do ❤️

AND please sign up for Cats Coffee & Q***r night at the cat cafe on December 11th through LCCL 🌈❤️🏳️‍⚧️

11/20/2025

We finally got a chance to bop over to Carlisle to see our friends at cat cafe! We’ve been wanting to visit for a while and we’re so glad we were finally able to make the trip! And of course, we made some new best friends in the process.

Check them out if you’re ever in the area and need even more adorable, adoptable kitties in your life ❤️

11/19/2025

Hey wow thanks! ❤️🥰

11/18/2025

We are looking for local artists for the new year!

We’re so stoked and proud to say we’ve had 20(!!!) small, independent local artists sell their stuff at the cafe so far. We love highlighting these creative and talented folks and getting to see customers support this local art. And nooow, we’re looking for more of you for the new year!

If you’d like to be considered as a vendor/artist in 2026, please EMAIL [email protected] (please don’t DM, god knows they’ll all get lost) with:

- your name/artist handle
- examples or links to your art and a description of what you make (We love to feature art that’s cat themed, btw 😉)
- the confirmation that AI was NOT USED in the creation of your art/wares

Please note, not all art submitted will be accepted as we have a small space to work with, limited timeframes, and some stuff might just not be the best fit. But that’s okay, everyone is into different stuff and like someone cool once said “I’m not the art police” 🧡👀

We’re excited for the new year and all the new artists we’re gonna meet and gas up! 🎉🥳

11/17/2025

Important and gently firm PSA time.
Every single day, we get emails from folks who have: found a cat. Are looking to rehome a cat. Are trying to surrender cats. Have kittens in their backyard that they don’t know what to do with, etc, etc, etc. Every email either starts or ends with “can you take this cat at the cat cafe?”

We appreciate that these messages are well-meaning and that folks are looking out for these cats’ best interests by trying to place them where it seems to make sense (a cat cafe). However, the answer is always going to be no. Here’s why:

We are not a shelter or a rescue. We partner with Columbia Animal Shelter and Orca in downtown Lancaster: true, certified shelter/rescues that take animals in, care for them, provide them medical treatment as needed, and adopt them out to approved adopters. These are facilities that work with vet staff to make sure these animals are medically cared for and safe to interact with each other and humans. There are processes in place to ensure this so that we know each cat is ready and screened to be at the cat cafe.

Our role is fostering the cats that we have at the cafe through these organizations and helping to facilitate their socialization process that ultimately leads to their adoptions. This work is wonderful and rewarding; we love that we are able to help these babies find their ways into forever homes.

Our role can also be providing resources to folks in need about where and who they can reach out to for help regarding these different scenarios. We are happy to be able to do this.

As we grow, we are looking to expand our partnerships so that we CAN help more cats come in and ultimately find their happy endings with loving adopters. This is a high priority that we’re working on currently.

As you can imagine, receiving these messages every day and not being able to help or take these cats in is pretty emotionally taxing. We want to help how we can, and work to provide that help by directing people to our lists of resources of shelters, rescues and organizations that do the work that you are looking for.

Please keep this in mind when you find a cat that is in need: we can help you locate resources. We cannot take the cat.

Thanks for understanding ❤️

11/15/2025

Extra Giiiiiiive!

We’re proudly supporting Lancaster County Chooses Love during this year’s ExtraGive on November 21st! Their work builds belonging and provides essential support for Lancaster’s LGBTQ+ community — from youth programs to the community food pantry. 🌈Join us in choosing love and give at https://www.extragive.org/organization/LancasterCountyChoosesLove
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11/14/2025

We know that holidays can be complicated and pointy.

If you need some softness on thanksgiving (metaphorically and literally 🐈), come hang with us and the kitties. We’ll be open from 10-2pm for cat seshes, complementary drip coffee and apple cider tea.

We’re happy to be your family this day ❤️🌈

11/12/2025

Couldn’t be happier to announce that Heather has officially been adopted.
Even happier to announce that she has been adopted by me. Surprise! ❤️

Heather has been a staple at the cat cafe for the last five months; essentially as long as we have been open. In this time, she’s been very busy winning over so many hearts, being an amazing educational resource for folks learning about cat body language and boundaries, and has made a true home for herself here: she has multiple thrones. She has a FULL bulletin of fan art. She has adoring fans that come to the cafe just to see her.

Heather is an older cat that, as so many do, found herself alone after her owner she’d known all her life passed away. When she ended up at the cat cafe, it took no time at all for us to fall in love with her in all of her adorable, voluptuous glory. We watched her grow from a timid and nervous cat whose entire life had been upturned, to the sweet and sassy queen that rules us all with nothing but confidence.

If you’ve been to the cafe, there’s a good chance that you’ve seen Heather sitting in my lap, purring happily. Cat lovers know, there’s no better feeling than when such a standoffish cat chooses you. Feeling chosen by Heather has made my heart so full, and you know what? I choose her right back. She’s truly a part of my heart now and I can’t imagine my life without her.

Heather will stay at the cat cafe as a resident kitty for the time being. We know she’s comfortable and content there and is making socialization strides we never thought she would! She has so much more sunshine lounging to do and sits in MANY laps now, to our absolute delight. We’re so proud of her, and so happy that she will continue to be part of the LanCATster Cat Cafe vibes for a while to come 😸

We/ I love you so much, Heather ❤️

Thank you so much to who took these photos and helped me corral all the other kitties away so that Heather would be less crabby (guess what: she wasn’t) 😂🫶