La Gattara Cat Cafe coming to Scottsdale

By Carey Sweet, Special for The Republic | AZCentral.com The world needs more cat cafes, Melissa Pruitt believes, her vision inspired by the phenomenon that began in Taiwan in 1988 and recently spread to U.S. cities like Oakland, San Francisco, Seattle, Denver and so many others that there is now an official North American Cat Cafe…
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A feline first: Cat café coming to the Valley

By Lauren Holly | AZBigMedia.com Seventeen years ago, an entrepreneur in Taipei, Taiwan opened the world’s very first café with cats as the guests’ accompaniment. With this attraction being as bizarre as it sounds, word got out and the cafés began to blossom worldwide. [READ MORE]
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Cat lovers rejoice: first Phoenix cat cafe set to open in 2016, according to report

By Celina Jimenez | ABC15.com SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Come 2016, local cat lovers will have a brand new way to hang out with their favorite furry friends. In an interview with AZ Big Media, local entrepreneur Melissa Pruitt explained her plans to open up Arizona's first ever cat cafe, LaGattara. She told AZ Big Media she plans to have…
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The Valley’s First Cat Cafe is Coming to Scottsdale

By Robert Isenberg | PhoenixNewTimes.com A place that serves coffee and is also filled with felines, that is a “cat cafe” in a nutshell. They're all the rage in Japan. They're gaining popularity in the United States. And by January 2016, Melissa Pruitt will have established the first official cat cafe in the Valley. [READ MORE]
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