Vancouver's First Cat Café Opens This Summer

0:00It's April 3rd. From your city to your ears. This is Vancouver News today powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story Vancouver is getting its first cat cafe this summer Milky and Coco's Kit-T cafe right at 5,000 es4th plain boulevard near Skyzone Three local cat fans Diana Perez, Chrissiana Alfonso and Vince LaHav poured months into making it happen creating a spot for drinks snacks and Chill time with adoptable kiddies. The trio came together after tough times Chrissiana got laid off for marketing when AI took her job Vince grew up in restaurants, but hit pandemic struggles and he got the idea from videos showing cat cafes helping Alzheimer's patients like his grandma They'd all visited similar spots before and teamed up over coffee instead of competing Everyone's buzzing about the healing vibes especially after recent hard years Studies from places like Washington State University back it up

1:00Petting cats cut stress big time the owners see it as community medicine and locals are already hyped for a place to unwind They overcame real hurdles like scraping for loans through a non-profit and dodging skeptical landlords who didn't get the concept Now they split the space mark a cafe side for coffee and food Allounds for cat play and a back area for the cats needs Plenty of parking too and they're partnering with furry friends shelter for fosters and adoptions Expect daily hours from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Weed days stretching to 10 p.m. weekends with cat yoga parties local art and vendor merch on Dick they're hiring now and reaching out to senior homes for visits This cafe is about to drop some serious feel good energy on the scene