Purr-fectly Posh Cat Cafe Opens in Houston
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 6 a.m.

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El Gato is now open at 503 Pecore
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Francesca on the catwalk, created by local craftsman James Waters.
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Francesca chills for a nanosecond.
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On the hunt.
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Highway to cat heaven.
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Lucille takes a little break from the cat walk.
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Lucille up close.
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Lucille shows off.
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Small-scale catwalks will be available for purchase at El Gato soon.
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Alice, in the mood for a meet and greet.
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Alice takes a rest.
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Daisy is a total lap cat.
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Daisy gets comfortable.
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Daisy, prepared to snooze on your leg all day.
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Cheerful paint and cool signage at Houston’s first cat cafe.
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A mural in the cottage’s back room gives thanks to the start up’s donors.
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The who’s who of cats at El Gato.
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Guests visits with Harley the cat.
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Harley gets a treat.
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Harley is the biggest cat at El Gato.
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He basically spans the length of a table.
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And he loves to sunbathe.
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The El Gato logo.
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Milo likes to chill in a cabinet.
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Monica takes a time out.
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Monica has the coolest splashes of orange on her grey coat.
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Color me impressed.
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Queen of the feather wands
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If cats got Glamour Shots.
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Phoebe is the chillest cat you’ll ever meet.
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Snoozing in the sunbath.
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Rosi doesn’t like to wake up before 5 p.m. We can relate.
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Lucille gets ready to pounce.
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The cat cottage gets great sunlight, perfect for sunbaths.
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Alice and Lucille luxuriate.
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Purr-fectly Posh Cat Cafe Opens in Houston
Meet the snazzy cats of El Gato Coffeehouse and Cat Cottage in the Heights. They're claw-some, have a great cat-titude, and some are even looking for their fur-ever homes. Here's a look at just a few of these potential purr-fect pets, then come down to El Gato to hang with Alice, Cuddles, Daisy, Ellie Kitty, Francesca, Harley, Lucille, Milo, Monica, Penny, Phoebe and Rosi. All photos by Gwendolyn Knapp.
Meet the snazzy cats of El Gato Coffeehouse and Cat Cottage in the Heights. They're claw-some, have a great cat-titude, and some are even looking for their fur-ever homes. Here's a look at just a few of these potential purr-fect pets, then come down to El Gato to hang with Alice, Cuddles, Daisy, Ellie Kitty, Francesca, Harley, Lucille, Milo, Monica, Penny, Phoebe and Rosi. All photos by Gwendolyn Knapp.
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