SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC NEWS) – This local cat cafe is still in its soft opening phase, but that hasn’t stopped the community from taking a cat home.
Pawsitivitea CNY Café and Cat lounge is the only place in Syracuse where you can purchase a treat, hang out with some furry friends, and help them get a home.
I f only mask weren’t the new normal, you could smell the cafes aroma of the owner preparing freshly baked goods.
Cafe and cat lounge owner, Alisha Reynolds, sad they’ve had about 16 cats since they’ve opened.
” We’ve had 10 adoptions,” Reynolds said.
Reynolds partners with Wayward Paws, a cat rescue and rehabilitation center that helps homeless cats in the Syracuse area.
Reynolds said she is not picky when it comes to the cats.
“All cats need love,” Reynolds said.
At the cat cafe you can book an appointment or just come as a walk-in.
” The weekends is when everybody and they cousins come;” Reynolds said.
One of those weekday walk-ins were sisters Breanna and Ciarra Martinez.
Breanna and her sister Ciarra Martinez have had cats since they were younger, but two recently passed away .
“The one cat thats left, she’s kind of like a loner she just likes to be alone so its nice to actually play with kittens, ” said Breanna Martinez.
“Yeah like the cats here remind me of our old cats its just, it’s a good reminder, ” Ciarra Martinez said.
For Alisha, the main goal is to get these cats into a stable home, but it can be bittersweet to say goodbye .
