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Purr-fectly Posh Cat Cafe Opens in Houston

By Gwendolyn Knapp
Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at 6 a.m.
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp El Gato is now open at 503 Pecore 1/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Francesca on the catwalk, created by local craftsman James Waters. 2/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Francesca chills for a nanosecond. 3/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp On the hunt. 4/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Highway to cat heaven. 5/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Lucille takes a little break from the cat walk. 6/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Lucille up close. 7/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Lucille shows off. 8/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Small-scale catwalks will be available for purchase at El Gato soon. 9/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Alice, in the mood for a meet and greet. 10/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Alice takes a rest. 11/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Daisy is a total lap cat. 12/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Daisy gets comfortable. 13/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Daisy, prepared to snooze on your leg all day. 14/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Cheerful paint and cool signage at Houston’s first cat cafe. 15/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp A mural in the cottage’s back room gives thanks to the start up’s donors. 16/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp The who’s who of cats at El Gato. 17/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Guests visits with Harley the cat. 18/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Harley gets a treat. 19/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Harley is the biggest cat at El Gato. 20/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp He basically spans the length of a table. 21/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp And he loves to sunbathe. 22/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp The El Gato logo. 23/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Milo likes to chill in a cabinet. 24/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Monica takes a time out. 25/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Monica has the coolest splashes of orange on her grey coat. 26/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Color me impressed. 27/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Queen of the feather wands 28/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp If cats got Glamour Shots. 29/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Phoebe is the chillest cat you’ll ever meet. 30/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Snoozing in the sunbath. 31/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Rosi doesn’t like to wake up before 5 p.m. We can relate. 32/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Lucille gets ready to pounce. 33/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp The cat cottage gets great sunlight, perfect for sunbaths. 34/35
Photo by Gwendolyn Knapp Alice and Lucille luxuriate. 35/35

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.

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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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