On one side, a cat cafe is just a regular place to get pastries, coffee, teas, freshly made organic juices, and snacks. It's a place to bring your laptop and use free Wi-Fi while you enjoy a good morning pick me up. Or a place to unwind during a busy day.

But the other side of a cat cafe is that it is an attraction where cats can be watched and played with.

Patrons pay a small cover fee, or a monthly membership, and they can go into a separate room to play with and hang out with a bunch of free roaming, fully adoptable cats.

The world's first cat cafe opened in Taiwan in 1998. A few years later, they started to open in Japan, which is where the concept took off. The concept spread to Europe and then to the United States in 2014. Cat cafes in the United States differ from those in many other countries with their focus on adoptions. So you can come down to a cat cafe, pick up a muffin, get a coffee, go play with cats, and if you fall in love, adopt them and take them home.

Sounds great, right?

That's why we're excited to announce plans for The Kitty Beautiful, a cat cafe, right in downtown Orlando, right near Lake Eola.

The name is a play on our Orlando city motto, the City Beautiful. Think of a place where people can come for quick bite, grab a pastry (we'll have vegan options available) and a coffee, order a cup of freshly made organic juice from our juice bar. You can relax with a magazine or a book using Wi-Fi in our cafe area, playing a board game, or take that coffee into the cat play area and spend as much time as you want playing with and enjoying the company of our furry little friends.

Because of our connection to Orlando Organics, almost all items in the cafe will be organic. We are aiming to have our coffee be organic and free trade, and many items will be vegan.

And if you meet a kitty who you fall for, you'll be able to adopt them and take them home.