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Speaker 1: Excited to visit right now with Heather from the Catatude Cafe. Heather,
Speaker 1: first of all, how long has the Catatude Cafe been around.
Speaker 3: We've actually been here for just over two years now.
Speaker 1: And the fun thing is we've got a comedy event
Speaker 1: coming up at the end of the month. We'll talk
Speaker 1: more about that here in a little bit. So if
Speaker 1: you like cats and you like comedy, you are in luck.
Speaker 1: But you guys do coffee every day. You've got cats
Speaker 1: in here all the time. What was the concept? How
Speaker 1: did you come up with Catatude Cafe? Where did this
Speaker 1: come from?
Speaker 3: Yeah, so CA cafes have kind of been around the
Speaker 3: United States for about twenty years now. I fell in
Speaker 3: love with my first one in twenty eighteen in Minneapolis,
Speaker 3: and I just really thought, you know, we seeing so
Speaker 3: many cats and Sioux Falls, seeing the Humane Society pretty
Speaker 3: much full most of the time. We just figured both
Speaker 3: the cats and the people could benefit from a space
Speaker 3: where they could enjoy each other's company.
Speaker 1: I love that. And the neat thing is the coffee
Speaker 1: is in one room, the cats are in a different room.
Speaker 1: So if you're going, oh cats, coffee and food, no,
Speaker 1: this is you know, this works really well. You've got
Speaker 1: a good system.
Speaker 3: Absolutely. We do have a space separate where we make
Speaker 3: the beverages, where we keep the desserts. The desserts do
Speaker 3: have to stand in the cafe side, but you can
Speaker 3: take your beverage into the catroom with you, just before
Speaker 3: warn they might try and steal a sip.
Speaker 1: And so how many cats do you have on a
Speaker 1: regular basis? If people are going, oh cats, I love cats,
Speaker 1: I want to go in and snuggle with the cats,
Speaker 1: they can do that. How many cats do they have
Speaker 1: to choose from?
Speaker 3: Yeah, we try and stay between fifteen to twenty adoptable
Speaker 3: cats at any given time. Currently we're actually at twenty two,
Speaker 3: so quite full in the catroom right now. Lots of options,
Speaker 3: lots of varieties, sizes, colors, kind of anything you're looking for.
Speaker 3: Adoption is done through the Two Falls Area Humane Society.
Speaker 1: And if somebody comes in here and they fall in
Speaker 1: love with these cats, not all of them are adoptable,
Speaker 1: but quite a few of them are adoptable where they
Speaker 1: can they can say, hey, I like this one right here,
Speaker 1: I want to adopt this cat.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely. We do have five residant kitties that kind
Speaker 3: of help the new babies when they come in get
Speaker 3: acclimated to the space. But we do keep callers on
Speaker 3: the kiddies who aren't available. So any kitty without a caller,
Speaker 3: you're good to adopt.
Speaker 1: And how old are the cats typically? Are they elderly cats,
Speaker 1: are they little kitty kitty cats? What kind of cats
Speaker 1: do you have here or is it a variety?
Speaker 3: We definitely get a variety. We don't usually keep kittens
Speaker 3: around too long. They do go pretty quick, you know,
Speaker 3: kind of between two and ten year old. We have
Speaker 3: I'm on occasion we'll get a thirteen year old, very
Speaker 3: very nice.
Speaker 1: So if somebody loves cats, and there are times where
Speaker 1: people are like, oh man, I love cats, but my
Speaker 1: spouse is allergic, so we can't have a cat, here's
Speaker 1: a great opportunity. You can come in and get all
Speaker 1: the cats snuggles you want, and then you go home.
Speaker 1: You don't have to worry about feeding the cat or anything.
Speaker 1: It's like it's just the best of both worlds at yes, exactly.
Speaker 3: You know, one of our favorite things to say is,
Speaker 3: you know, the cats are definitely living their best nine
Speaker 3: lives here. So if you can't adopt, you won't feel
Speaker 3: guilty if you can't bring one home with you, and
Speaker 3: it's a great space for you to be able to
Speaker 3: get your kitty love.
Speaker 1: Now, let's talk about the fun events that you guys have,
Speaker 1: because you do all kinds of fun things throughout the year.
Speaker 1: But later this month there's a comedy event and if
Speaker 1: people would like to get tickets, is it free? Do
Speaker 1: they pay to come to this?
Speaker 3: Hou does all of this work absolutely, So we are
Speaker 3: putting on a comedy show October twenty fourth at seven pm.
Speaker 3: It's going to be right in our catroom, so you
Speaker 3: get to snuggle with kiddies and see a comedy show.
Speaker 3: The price is twenty five dollars plus tax per person
Speaker 3: and that's all going back to the cats. We're very
Speaker 3: fortunate that the comedy is being a fundraiser for us.
Speaker 1: I think that's going to be a lot of fun.
Speaker 1: And Skyler Bowlks, who is hilarious, one of my favorite comics.
Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, I mean, who doesn't want to help out
Speaker 3: some homeless kiddies.
Speaker 1: And they don't have to be homeless folks. So you
Speaker 1: guys can adopt them. And if you want to adopt
Speaker 1: them now you can in front of wait till the
Speaker 1: comedy show you can. How does that work? What does
Speaker 1: that process look like? If I show up and I
Speaker 1: fall in love with one of your cats, and if
Speaker 1: I want to adopt them, I just don't grab them
Speaker 1: and route the door. There's more to it, right.
Speaker 3: Hey, Yes, Unfortunately there's more to it, but it is
Speaker 3: a pretty quick process, very easy to do. You have
Speaker 3: a couple of options. When you're here. You can scan
Speaker 3: our QR code and get the application done online and
Speaker 3: then you're in contact with the Two Falls Area Humane
Speaker 3: Society via email or phone. Otherwise you're more than welcome
Speaker 3: to pop out there. They're just about five minutes from here.
Speaker 3: Get the process all done with them, and then they'll
Speaker 3: let us know you're approved and you're good to come
Speaker 3: pick up your new baby.
Speaker 1: So in that situation, I would actually pick the cat
Speaker 1: up from the Catatoo cafe and take them home from here.
Speaker 3: Yes, absolutely, either way you would pick the cat up
Speaker 3: from here, whether you pop out there, whether you get
Speaker 3: the application done here, the kiddy will wait here for
Speaker 3: you until you're ready to take it home.
Speaker 1: So you can get your coffee to go, and then
Speaker 1: a situation you get your cat to go as well.
Speaker 3: Exactly.
Speaker 1: I love it. And now in addition to coffee, you
Speaker 1: have some treats. What are the different things that you
Speaker 1: guys have here that people need to know about the
Speaker 1: Cata Tuo Cafe.
Speaker 3: Absolutely, so for starters, we do partner with CAFEA. For
Speaker 3: our beans, there are local roastery in town. We love
Speaker 3: supporting local as much as we can. And then for desserts,
Speaker 3: we actually partner with the Cake Lady here in Sioux Falls.
Speaker 3: Not only is every dessert cat themed, but they taste
Speaker 3: just as good as they look.
Speaker 1: That is, and they look really good, so I can
Speaker 1: imagine they taste really good, and the cake Lady is
Speaker 1: known for really good stuff, and so as cafe. So
Speaker 1: again you're supporting one local business and another local business
Speaker 1: and a third local business. And this business been around
Speaker 1: a couple of years, and there are going to be
Speaker 1: people who go with the Cataitude Cafe. I've never heard
Speaker 1: of that. You say you get that quite a bit still,
Speaker 1: don't you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, surprisingly, we still get that quite a bit, you know.
Speaker 3: With us downtown got the big open windows, I don't
Speaker 3: think people can miss the cats necessarily, but I do think,
Speaker 3: you know, we'd love to get people who maybe don't
Speaker 3: frequent downtown as often, or the people who are kind
Speaker 3: of in the surrounding towns or on the outskirts of
Speaker 3: Souit Falls. We'd love to see your face down here.
Speaker 1: And let's talk to the people who've never been here before.
Speaker 1: How in the world do we get them to find you?
Speaker 1: What is the This is a destination, So how if
Speaker 1: you're telling somebody here's how you find the Cattude Cafe,
Speaker 1: how do they find you?
Speaker 3: Absolutely well, if you don't have Google Maps, you know
Speaker 3: you can just go to the corner of second and
Speaker 3: eleventh Street, look for the big windows with a bunch
Speaker 3: of kiddies jumping around everywhere. You'll find us.
Speaker 1: There you go, and I'm going to throw a link
Speaker 1: to make it really easy to find information about the
Speaker 1: comedy event. What's the date on that? Once again?
Speaker 3: Absolutely so, the comedy event is October twenty fourth at
Speaker 3: seven pm. You can pre get your tickets at the
Speaker 3: catitudecatcafe dot com. Just click on that bookings tab. We've
Speaker 3: got events galore on there. You do a regular appointment
Speaker 3: if you can't make it, but we'd love to see
Speaker 3: you out for that comedy show.
Speaker 1: Very nice. I'm going to throw a link at Facebook
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