OUR STORY
Denver Cat Company is one of the nation’s oldest cat cafés and has become an iconic Denver institution over the last decade. Leila first heard about the concept via this Mashable article about Purina One’s pop-up cat café in Manhattan in April 2014. “Why aren’t these everywhere?” she wondered. The desire to see one in her town became an obsession, and she quit her law firm the following month.
She wasn't the only crazy cat lover who thought this would be a dream job, so the race to be the first cat café in the country was officially on. Although we found the fantastic location on Tennyson Street by October 2014, things got held up in permitting and we opened nearly two months after Oakland’s Cat Town and one month after Naples’ (FL) Planet Tails (which closed after a year).
In 2018, we founded Denver Cat Rescue, the café’s non-profit rescue arm, which supplies the café with its adoptable kitties.
Pictured: café staff having a moment at our 8th anniversary party in December 2022. Photo credit: Rescue board member Han Uitenbroek.
INSIDE THE CAFE
At any time, you can expect to meet between 15-20 rescue cats at Denver Cat Company.
We play mellow music and there is a small library of books and games for patrons to enjoy . . . an environment where students, remote workers, families, couples, and friends can all feel at home. We also have a curated gift-shop with cat-themed items for purchase.
Although we enforce rules for the safety of the cats and to ensure a good experience for all customers, we trust our customers to regulate their own behavior. Our atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable.
We have the option of memberships for regulars. Inquire when you visit!
Denver Cat Company is one of the many small businesses around Denver started by an immigrant and is proudly staffed entirely by cat ladies, all of whom were at one point loyal customers of the café. We love that our staff tends to stick around, and if you are a regular, they know your name.
Pictured: a customer cuddling a sweet rescue baby. Photo credit: Rescue board member Han Uitenbroek.
OUR STORY
Denver Cat Company is one of the nation’s oldest cat cafés and has become an iconic Denver institution over the last decade. Leila first heard about the concept via this Mashable article about Purina One’s pop-up cat café in Manhattan in April 2014. “Why aren’t these everywhere?” she wondered. The desire to see one in her town became an obsession, and she quit her law firm the following month.
She wasn't the only crazy cat lover who thought this would be a dream job, so the race to be the first cat café in the country was officially on. Although we found the fantastic location on Tennyson Street by October 2014, things got held up in permitting and we opened nearly two months after Oakland’s Cat Town and one month after Naples’ (FL) Planet Tails (which closed after a year).
In 2018, we founded Denver Cat Rescue, the café’s non-profit rescue arm, which supplies the café with its adoptable kitties.
Pictured: café staff having a moment at our 8th anniversary party in December 2022. Photo credit: Rescue board member Han Uitenbroek.
INSIDE THE CAFE
At any time, you can expect to meet between 15-20 rescue cats at Denver Cat Company.
We play mellow music and there is a small library of books and games for patrons to enjoy . . . an environment where students, remote workers, families, couples, and friends can all feel at home. We also have a curated gift-shop with cat-themed items for purchase.
Although we enforce rules for the safety of the cats and to ensure a good experience for all customers, we trust our customers to regulate their own behavior. Our atmosphere is relaxed and comfortable.
We have the option of memberships for regulars. Inquire when you visit!
Denver Cat Company is one of the many small businesses around Denver started by an immigrant and is proudly staffed entirely by cat ladies, all of whom were at one point loyal customers of the café. We love that our staff tends to stick around, and if you are a regular, they know your name.
Pictured: a customer cuddling a sweet rescue baby. Photo credit: Rescue board member Han Uitenbroek.
Since its inception, the cat cafe has helped over 3,000 cats find forever homes.
We hand-glued rope inch-by-inch to large PVC pipes to create our ceiling height cat-scratch poles.
The cats roam free at night and are naughty only very occasionally -- usually nothing worse than knocking over merchandise!
OUR RESCUE WORK
Our non-profit arm, Denver Cat Rescue, rescues and rehomes about 400 cats annually with the help of an incredible network of over 100 foster families in the Denver Metro Area. We welcome new fosters!
Our kitties get a cage-free, enriching environment at the cat café while they wait to meet their forever families. Usually, they don’t have to wait too long. We have an excellent track record of finding our rescues wonderful homes very fast. The cat café allows customers to truly get to know a cat’s personality before adoption, which means our placements are usually successful long-term.
You can follow the Rescue Instagram for advance sneak peaks at which foster kitties are slated to come to the café next, and to read post-adoption updates.
Denver Cat Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (EIN: 83-3901701) and you can make a tax-deductible donation to support our work.
Pictured: Our veteran foster Meghan with a rescue alumnus, Chase. Photo credit: Rescue board member Han Uitenbroek.
WISHLIST FOR THE KITTIES
Denver Cat Rescue relies on donations for our work. We maintain a wishlist on Chewy. Your donation is tax-deductible and you can donate any amount to help us with rescue expenses.
If you order anything for us online, you can have it shipped to us at 3929 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212 (make sure to include your information so we can send you a thank-you note!). You can also bring it in to the café.