hi my name is Jason gam with the Wall
Street Journal digital network and we
all know that New Yorkers are crazy
they'll wait in line for almost anything
but we are here today at the city's
first ever cat cafe and the line is
around the block let's go inside and see
what the cats have to say about all of
this madness see that line outside see
all those people what do you think about
that make you feel like famous like a
celebrity what are you guys going to do
after the cafe closes go out a little
bit you know a lot of clubs down here
nice bars restaurants curious is this
your first cat cafe it is your first cat
cafe yeah I can understand there's a lot
of people here it's a little
nerve-racking it is New York I don't
know if you're from out of town or
you're a New York cat but crowds can be
a little intimidating in this city do
you think this was something that
Bloomberg would have allowed what made
you want to come down to the cat cafe
today free cat a chi knows free pastries
and lots of kitties to pet freak a teen
oh now you have a cavity no in your hand
yeah I do
they put a little cat in the in the
phone for me what did it take to get
this open in New York City um you know
we had a nice we worked with an event
crew and we secured all of necessary
permits what we're doing here we're a
pop-up we're open for four days we are
separating out all of the beverage prep
area from the main lounge area with the
cats and we're bringing in prepackaged
Makery items so there's not food prep
happening on-site so there's there are
some things that you know you have to
make sure that you're taking and
consideration right yeah I imagine you
don't have a rat problem today
we do not the cat cafe actually has a
bouncer John guild a John how do you
audition for this job well Bo is a very
tedious interview but um I pass all the
tests
making are the cat's divas and all do
they request weird things like that they
want like smart water to like bathe in
anything like that so of course of
course we do our best to be able to tell
them out that you know you're not my
first cat interview I want you to know
that I've interviewed cats all over the
world and you know quite frankly you're
a little ambivalent about this whole
thing what do you have to say for
yourself