By Madison Rutherford , College Times| ecollegetimes.com on September 9, 2016
Melissa Pruitt was 25 the first and only time she met her father. It wasn’t until after he died that she found out they shared a mutual love for cats.
“He…
Jul 6, 2016, 10:26am MST Revised Date/Time Publish Updated Jul 6, 2016, 4:47pm MST
by Cassidy Trowbridge, Editorial Intern, Phoenix Business Journal
Melissa Pruitt believes a cat café in Tempe would be purr-fect.
Her c…
Amanda Etchison , The Republic | azcentral.com 11:23 a.m. MST June 15, 2016
A proposed Phoenix-area cat cafe has launched a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes of finding the "purr-fect" location.
La Gattara Cat Cafe & Wine Bar, the…
Valley’s first cat cafe hopes to find homes for cats at risk of euthanasia
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By Emi Kamezaki | June 13, 2016
Long-time cat aficionado Melissa Pruitt hopes to follow in her father’s footsteps by rescuing as many cats…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
