New York features cat café
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-08-20 10:46

New York City's boasts of being able to meet the gastronomical demands of people around the world can now add to the list: cats.

Singer and actress Eartha Kitt poses with a cat at the opening of the Meow Mix Cafe for cats Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004, in New York. 'Our goal is to keep cats happy,' said Meow Mix president and CEO Richard Thompson, who says the two main rules for the restaurant are no dogs and no catnip, which must be checked at the door. [AP]

New York's cats now have their own restaurant for about a week, aptly named ... the Meow Mix Café, CNN reported.

Cat food maker Meow Mix says it is committed to welcoming a feline clientele to the café, located on Fifth Avenue across the street from the New York Public Library.

The launch is part of a promotion marking Meow Mix's first foray into the wet cat food market.

At the restaurant, the company will feature new cat food flavors including What's the Catch, a tuna treat; Gobbliscious, turkey meat and giblets; and a beef dish called Filet Meow.

"We're trying to be the Ben & Jerry's of cat food," says marketing director Ira Cohen. He expected business to be brisk as more than a third of all American households now own a cat.

Not to forget the human escorts of its patrons, the restaurant also will serve human food. The restaurant will remain for four days before moving on to other locations.

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