North Carolina is one of the leading states for cat cafes in the country! There are now fifteen North Carolina cat cafes. By the numbers, the TarHeel state ranks in the top five cat cafe states, just behind Florida, Pennsylvania, and California. 2023 added five wonderful new cafes. In 2024, the new Purrfect Pour Cat Cafe opened in Lincolnton, located in the northeast Charlotte metro area. The May 2024 opening of the new downtown Salisbury location of Mac Tabby Cat Cafe makes Mac Tabby the 1st cat cafe in the country with 3 locations! Each Mac Tabby location is in a historic North Carolina setting with unique, local features.
The ambitious cat enthusiast could quite possibly visit a number cat cafes in one day. We suggest however a more leisurely tour, because, well, you could easily spend a whole day at each one!
While all of the North Carolina cat cafes are in the business of saving and adopting cats, no two are the same. Some are fancy, some are homey. All are fabulous.
Beyond cat cafes, North Carolina is home to wildly unique American Museum of the House Cat, tucked away in the Western North Carolina mountain town of Sylva. Yes, they have real, live cats too -see more details below.