Crumbs and Whiskers

{{Short description|American cat café operator}}

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| services = {{flatlist|Cat interaction{{•}}Cat adoption}}

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| affiliations = {{•}}Homeward Trails Animal Rescue
{{•}}Stray Cat Alliance

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| remarks = Financed via Kickstarter: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2006072669/crumbs-and-whiskers-washington-dcs-cat-cafe Link]

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| founder = Kanchan Singh

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| location = {{•}}3211 M St NW, {{nowrap|Washington, D.C.}} 20007
{{•}}7924 Melrose Ave, {{nowrap|Los Angeles, CA}} 90048

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Los Angeles metropolitan area

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| owner = Kanchan Singh {{small|(Co-owner)}}
Chetan Singh {{small|(Co-owner)}}{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

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Crumbs and Whiskers is a small business which operates cat cafés that foster rescue cats and offer cafe amenities, in {{nowrap|Washington, D.C.}}, and Los Angeles, California. Crumbs & Whiskers partners with rescues who save cats at risk of euthanasia in high kill shelters and cats facing homelessness on the streets.

Crumbs and Whiskers opened its first cat café in Washington on June 20, 2015; this was the first cat café to open in the Washington metropolitan area.{{cite news|author1=Perry Stein|title=Not-yet-open D.C. cat cafe raises serious money in 1 day|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/09/not-yet-open-d-c-cat-cafe-raises-serious-money-in-1-day/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 9, 2015}}{{cite news|author1=Maura Judkis|title=So, how would a cafe crawling with adorable kittens pass a D.C. health inspection?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/11/20/so-how-would-a-cafe-crawling-with-adorable-kittens-pass-a-d-c-health-inspection/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=November 20, 2014}}{{cite news |author1=Courtney Pomeroy|title=D.C.'s Cat Cafe, Crumbs and Whiskers, Makes Strides Toward Opening This Year|url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/23/d-c-s-cat-cafe-crumbs-and-whiskers-makes-strides-toward-opening-this-year/|work=CBS|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 23, 2015}}{{cite web|author1=Rachel Nania|title=Founder shares plans for D.C.'s first cat café, Crumbs and Whiskers|url=http://wtop.com/food/2015/02/plans-continue-d-c-s-first-cat-cafe/|work=Washington's Top News|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=February 18, 2015}} The Washington, D.C., café is partnered with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, and provides a living space for around 20 to 25 cats at a time.{{cite news |author1=Caroline Tucker|title=Cat cafe pounces forward in D.C.|url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/03/cat-cafe-pounces-forward-in-d-c--112694.html|work=ABC7|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 28, 2015|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130200927/https://wjla.com/news/local/cat-cafe-pounces-forward-in-d-c--112694}}{{cite web|author1=Jeff Clabaugh|title=D.C.'s first cat cafe (yes, a cafe with cats) opens this month|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/top-shelf/2015/06/d-c-s-first-cat-cafe-yes-a-cafe-with-cats-opens.html|website=Washington Business Journal|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 9, 2015}} Through the partnership arrangement, the Homeward Trails provides vaccinated and vetted cats to Crumbs and Whiskers, which functions as a foster home for the cats until they are adopted.{{cite web|author1=Ellison L Barber|title=Georgetown Cat Cafe gets approval|url=http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/03/23/georgetown-cat-cafe/70355180/|website=WUSA9|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=March 24, 2015|quote=On Tuesday morning, a zoning hearing approved to operate Crumbs & Whiskers – a café that specializes in cats. Kanchan Singh said this means a blue building on the corner of Wisconsin and O St NW will officially become the location of her café.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405201754/http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/03/23/georgetown-cat-cafe/70355180/|archive-date=April 5, 2015}}

The Los Angeles café opened on September 30, 2016, and was the first cat café to open in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.{{cite news|author=Megan Moureaux|title=Cats Looking for Furever Homes at LA's First Cat Cafe|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Cats-Looking-Furever-Homes-LA-Cat-Cafe-397474921.html|work=NBC Los Angeles|access-date=January 1, 2017|date=October 18, 2016}}{{cite news |author=Suzanne Sproul|title=Everything you need to know about LA's first cat cafe Crumbs & Whiskers|url=http://www.dailynews.com/lifestyle/20160923/everything-you-need-to-know-about-las-first-cat-cafe-crumbs-amp-whiskers|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=January 1, 2017|date=September 23, 2016}} The Los Angeles café is partnered with Stray Cat Alliance, a Los Angeles–based animal rescue which provides cats for the café. Similar to the Washington, D.C., café, the Los Angeles café offers a living space for the cats until they are adopted.

Crumbs and Whiskers uses an online booking system for scheduling visits and offers a fixed admission price per visit.{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=DC's first cat cafe to open in Georgetown June 20|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dcs-first-cat-cafe-to-open-in-georgetown-june-20/2015/06/11/be5cf590-101c-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620043328/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dcs-first-cat-cafe-to-open-in-georgetown-june-20/2015/06/11/be5cf590-101c-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|archive-date=June 20, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 9, 2015}}{{cite web|author1=Emily Blomquist|title=Crumbs and Whiskers: D.C.'s first cat cafe.|url=http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2015/04/crumbs-and-whiskers-dcs-first-cat-cafe|website=The Eagle|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 10, 2015}}