Richmond’s only cat cafe, The Purrfect Bean, has officially opened for business. The cafe consists of an open-for-all coffee shop downstairs with a reservation-only cat lounge upstairs.
The cafe had its soft launch on Aug. 10 and grand opening on Aug. 15. The openings were met with an abundant amount of business, according to Giancarlo Afable, lead barista at The Purrfect Bean. The cat reservations drive people in.
“It is a little slower during the days, but we still are getting a good amount of business,” Afable said. “It’s like, 90 people a day so far just from the cat reservations.”…