Across the U.S., the number of cat cafes has increased over the past five years, according to Yelp, and the establishments ...

Cat Daddy Cafe opened its doors Thursday afternoon at 2533 Main St., just north of downtown Columbia. The new spot is owned ...

Kayla Durbin said the cafe’s first adoption happened within ... benefits of being around cats — even the frequency of a cat’s purr, he said, has been shown to soothe people.

Cat Daddy’s Cat Café opened on North Main Street. The owners, Mohammad Saadeddin and Melissa Peterson, designed a cafe around a space for feral cats they rescued from the neighborhood.

The ASPCA estimates that around 3.2 million cats enter animal shelters across the country each year. Cat overpopulation is a ...