Update: Sunshine Kitty Catfe Permanently Closed
After three years and over two hundred adoptions, Sunshine Kitty Catfe permanently closed their doors in early November 2023. While Sunshine Kitty did not disclose a reason for the closure, reports indicate their building was acquired by a real estate developer to build a high rise residential apartment building.
The closure of Sunshine Kitty leaves the city of St. Petersburg without a cat cafe. The good news is that across the bay in Tampa and beyond, there are several cat cafe and more on the horizon, including Cats and Caffeine Cat Cafe and Feline Cats Bistro Lounge.
St. Pete’s First Cat Cafe
The Sunshine Kitty Catfe is both the first. St. Petersburg cat cafe and the first Tampa Bay cat cafe. Sunshine Kitty Catfe is located in the vibrant Grand Central District of downtown St. Pete. Sunshine Kitty in a space located at 1st Ave South, just a block from Tropicana Field. The Catfe’s two floors of adoptable cats are pure sunshine.