Feature:
A Tale of Two Cat Cafes in Montreal
“When Clement Marty came up with the
idea of bringing a cat café to Montreal,
he was in uncharted territory.
He had seen the wildly popular cat
cafes of Japan & South Korea, & has since visited more than 15 cat
cafes around the world. Typically…the cats of the café live on the premises
full- time…
So Marty set out on a crowdfunding
expedition in early 2014, raising more than $40,000 for his cleverly named Café
Cat l’Heureux (a play on chaleureux, a French term for warm & inviting).
…His café will house 8 cats, 4 of
which have already been adopted from animal shelters: Milady, Gustave, Chopin,
& Sheldon.
He’ll serve light fare, snacks,
pastries, &, of course, coffee.
However, a rival cat café just
across the street from Carre St.-Louis
is giving Marty a run for his money. He claims the owner there, Youssef Labib,
copied his idea…
Labib’s Café des Chats will also
serve light fare like oannis & also house 8 cats- 3 kittens, 3 young adult
cats,. Nadine Spencer, who does communications for Labib’s company, says all
their cats were adopted from the SPCA.
‘There’s room for many cat cafes,’
Spencer said. ‘In the end, we’re here to give a second chance to a cat, so the more the merrier’…”
Tracey
Lindeman
The
Gazette, Montreal
Aug.
16/2014
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