Charm Kitty Café Opening Near Hampden

BALTIMORE, MD - Charm Kitty Café will open this weekend near Hampden. The cafe is a partnership with the Baltimore Humane Society that allows patrons to visit with adoptable cats who have taken up residence there.

Guests can enjoy a snack in the company of a handful of four-legged companions. Coffee and cookies will be for sale from Zeke's Coffee and Dark Side Cookies, respectively.

Reservations are $10 on weekdays and $12 on weekends for the company of cats, while the coffee and cookies are extra.

On select days each month, there will also be yoga with cats and board game night with cats.

All cats at the location will be up for adoption through the Baltimore Humane Society. The first cats to take up residence in the cat cafe will be Scamp, Frankie, Tiny, Paris, Star, Salem and Night.

"We are very excited about this partnership with Charm Kitty Café," Baltimore Humane Society Executive Director Christine DeCorse said in a statement. The Baltimore Humane Society, headquartered in Reisterstown, is a no-kill shelter.

Said DeCorse: "We can now save even more cats and kittens with the addition of housing for adoptable felines at the café."

Anyone interested in adopting the cats may apply at the cafe; an adoption counselor will call and process the application. The Baltimore Humane Society will have on-site adoptions on various days.

The concept for Charm Kitty Cafe started with a Kickstarter campaign.

Charm Kitty Café is located in Whitehall Mill at 3300 Clipper Mill Road in Baltimore. Guests must be at least 7 years old. There are no walk-ins; people must make a reservation in advance with a credit card, as the location is cashless. The grand opening is slated for Saturday, Sept. 30.

Photo courtesy of Baltimore Humane Society.