There’s a café in Fredericton where you can grab a coffee, walk into a room filled with rescue cats and potentially meet your future best friend.
The Purrfect Cup – A Cat Cafe combines a traditional café with a separate cat lounge that temporarily houses rescue cats from shelters across New Brunswick.
And yes, the cats are actually available for adoption.
The café was created around two pretty simple ideas: a love of good coffee and a desire to help rescue cats find permanent homes. (purrfectcup.ca)
Today, visitors can book an hour in the cat lounge, bring their drink inside and spend time getting to know the cats while they wait for their forever families.
The Cat Lounge Is Filled With Rescue Cats
The biggest attraction is obviously the cats.
The Purrfect Cup has a dedicated lounge at the back of the café where rescue cats from shelters throughout New Brunswick temporarily live while waiting for adoption. (purrfectcup.ca)
The room has seating, tables, games, books, toys and an entire wall filled with perches and bridges for the cats to explore. (purrfectcup.ca)
Visitors are encouraged to relax and let the cats approach them on their own.
Some might want to play.
Others might decide your lap looks like the perfect place for a nap.
And if you end up completely falling in love with one, you can apply to adopt.
The Cats Are Actually Available For Adoption
This isn’t simply a café that happens to have resident cats.
Finding homes for rescue cats is one of the main reasons The Purrfect Cup exists.
The café works with multiple shelters from around Fredericton and other parts of New Brunswick to temporarily house adoptable cats in its lounge. (purrfectcup.ca)
Because the cats come from different rescue organizations, the adoption process varies depending on which shelter is responsible for a particular cat.
Visitors who meet a cat they want to adopt can find the appropriate shelter information through the café and submit an application directly through that organization. (purrfectcup.ca)
Tourism New Brunswick also features The Purrfect Cup as a Fredericton café where the cats visitors meet are available for adoption. (tourismnewbrunswick.ca)
You Can Spend An Hour Hanging Out With The Cats
Visitors can book a one-hour session inside the cat lounge.
Current admission is $10 plus tax for adults and $7 plus tax for children. (purrfectcup.ca)
Reservations are strongly recommended, especially on weekends, because the cat room can fill up.
Walk-ins are welcome when space is available, but the café warns that waits can sometimes reach 30 minutes or longer. (purrfectcup.ca)
Children under 13 must be accompanied and supervised by an adult inside the lounge.
And there’s one important rule: you can’t pick up the cats.
The café asks visitors to let the animals decide when they want attention, which is especially important because many of them are rescues and some may still be adjusting to their surroundings. (purrfectcup.ca)
You Can Bring Your Coffee Into The Cat Lounge
Thankfully, you don’t have to choose between coffee and cats.
Visitors can bring food and drinks from the café into the lounge while spending time with the animals. (purrfectcup.ca)
The café uses locally roasted coffee from Whitney Coffee Co., with beans roasted right in Fredericton. (purrfectcup.ca)
It also sources sweets and treats from local businesses including Chess Piece Pâtisserie and I Heart Oatcakes, along with bagels from The Great Canadian Bagel in Fredericton. (purrfectcup.ca)
So the concept also supports several other local New Brunswick businesses.
Due to health regulations, anything brought into the cat lounge has to be finished or discarded before returning to the regular café area.
You Can Still Visit Even If You Don’t Want To Enter The Cat Room
Cat lover travelling with someone who isn’t quite as obsessed?
They can still come along.
The café and cat lounge are separated by glass windows and doors, meaning visitors can sit in the regular café and watch the cats without actually entering their space. (purrfectcup.ca)
The separation also helps keep food and drinks away from loose cat fur.
The café notes that this can make the regular seating area an option for visitors with some cat allergies who still want to come for coffee, although anyone with significant allergies should obviously use their own judgment.
The Café Has Been Helping Rescue Cats Since 2018
The idea for The Purrfect Cup was first developed in 2017 before the café officially launched in October 2018. (purrfectcup.ca)
Since then, it has become a place for everything from casual coffee dates to family outings, senior visits and private events.
The cat lounge has even hosted activities like cat yoga and other special events. (purrfectcup.ca)
But adoption remains at the centre of the concept.
The café describes its lounge as a temporary home where rescue cats can interact with people and hopefully meet someone who wants to make them part of their family.
It’s Open Year-Round In Fredericton
Unlike a seasonal attraction, The Purrfect Cup can be visited throughout the year.
It’s located at 580 Two Nations Crossing, Unit 9 in Fredericton, making it an easy indoor addition to a day exploring New Brunswick’s capital. (purrfectcup.ca)
And once cooler fall weather arrives, an hour drinking coffee in a cozy room full of cats sounds pretty hard to beat.
Tourism New Brunswick even includes The Purrfect Cup in its guide to cozy cafés around the province. (tourismnewbrunswick.ca)
This Might Be One Of Fredericton’s Cutest Coffee Shops
There are plenty of places to grab coffee in New Brunswick.
There are significantly fewer where your coffee break involves hanging out with a room full of adoptable rescue cats.
Whether you’re actually hoping to adopt or just want an hour of cat cuddles and coffee, The Purrfect Cup has created a pretty unique way to help animals waiting for homes.
And who knows?
You might walk into the café planning to order a latte and walk out filling in an adoption application.
📍 The Purrfect Cup | 580 Two Nations Crossing, Unit 9, Fredericton, NB
🐱 Rescue cats available for adoption
☕ Locally roasted Fredericton coffee
⏰ Cat lounge visits: one hour
🎟️ Adults: $10 + tax | Children: $7 + tax
📅 Open year-round
📲 Reservations recommended, especially on weekends
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