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arikara

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Thu Jan 30, 2014, 01:16 AM Jan 2014

Montreal Opens First Ever North American Cat Café

Crazy cat ladies will now have a venue just for them in Montreal, as the city welcomes North America’s first Cat Cafe. Yes, you read that right, Café Chat l’Heureux will be opening this summer in Montreal’s Plateau, a place for all cat-lovers to come and, well, love cats.

Straight out of Asia, the initiative behind this new cat café is to raise awareness on the treatment of animals in Quebec. Brought to Montreal by Clément Marty, after travelling Japan and South Korea, the feline-focused joint will have everything a normal cafe has (coffee, pastries, tea) just with a bunch of cats walking, napping, and prowling all over the place.

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http://www.mtlblog.com/2014/01/montreal-opens-first-ever-north-american-cat-cafe/

Something a little more upbeat than Chairman Harper and Rob Ford.



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Montreal Opens First Ever North American Cat Café (Original Post) arikara Jan 2014 OP
Henri hangs out there. Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2014 #1
and I hope l'Embecile Blanc! n/t zazen Jan 2014 #2
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