Sip & Purr Cat Café

2021 E. Ivanhoe Place, Milwaukee

Somewhat odd hours (Wed. thru Sat. 12 to 8pm, Sun. 12 to 6pm)—not open mornings is my only complaint, but then they are open late, which is nice, and open Sunday—so that all makes up for it. This is one of my favorite cafés in town—Milwaukee’s “very first” cat café—are there more open now? I don’t know about any, but of course I’ll be on the lookout. It’s a great concept—do I even need to say that? Would you rather watch a cat, or a person being zombized by a laptop? Would you rather have a cat in your lap, or a job in your lap, that you can never leave? The L-shaped cat part and the L-shaped café part are separate, so you can just treat it as a regular café and watch cats and people visiting them through glass windows. You need to get a reservation for entry to the cat part, and there is a fee. Wednesday and Friday it’s only $8—so I might do that sometime, being careful not to get attached, since I can’t adopt a cat right now. All the cats are up for adoption. They used to have more gluten-free made-there food—and may have more in the future. My espresso was extra excellent, so I asked about it, and the purr-ista said it was coffee from Ruby Coffee Roasters, in Nelsonville, which isn’t exactly close by, so they must really like it—I did.

5.17.23