{"id":17641,"date":"2020-08-27T22:35:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/?p=17641"},"modified":"2020-08-27T22:35:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:35:24","slug":"catopia-a-cat-boarding-house-hit-by-covid-turns-into-cat-cafe-with-22-kitties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sg.everydayonsales.com\/news\/17641\/catopia-a-cat-boarding-house-hit-by-covid-turns-into-cat-cafe-with-22-kitties\/","title":{"rendered":"Catopia A Cat Boarding House Hit By Covid Turns Into Cat Cafe With 22 Kitties"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Catopia A Cat Boarding House Hit By COVID Turns Into Cat Cafe With 22 Kitties<\/p>\n

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As Covid-19 is still affecting a lot of businesses especially a Joo Chiat car boarding house, Catopia. The cat hotel offers staycation for kitties who are recuperating from surgeries or owner are travelling or renovating their home. But due to more people are working at home now, the feline boarders dropped very badly. \"\"<\/p>\n

Kevin Chiak, 54, the founder of Catopia mentioned that previously there are over 500 cats who are boarding with them but as the Covid-19 period, nobody is allowed to travel<\/a>. They have to turn the whole catopia into a cafe as the main pipeline now. Currently, they also shifted their operation to a two-storey shophouse unit in Little India as a lot of cats are very fast therefore they have 3 doors in between the cats and the streets downstairs.<\/p>\n

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Kevin who is a personal trainer by profession and started Catopis in 2016 as a passion project as he found that he has a special relationship with cats and there are more men which are draws into cat also nowadays. Currently, an hour at the cafe cost $12 which comes with a complimentary drink (additional time is charged for $6 per hour).
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\nHere you can get a Waffle, $7 (add $2 for a scoop of ice cream), Hot Latte, $5.50. You can also chill with drinks like a\u00a0Latte ($5.50 hot\/ $6 iced)<\/strong>,\u00a0Hojicha ($6.50 hot\/ $7 iced)<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0Chocolate Milkshake ($8.50)<\/strong>, and pair it with a slice of\u00a0Cheesecake ($7)<\/strong>. Don\u2019t expect outstanding nosh here; Catopia\u2019s customers are obviously here for the cats.<\/p>\n

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Come September this year, Kevin is planning to make use of his caf\u00e9\u2019s cabins to hold weekly adoption drives for rescue cats. \u201cMost cats are in cages at adoption drives. How are they going to charm someone into adopting them when they\u2019re [cramped and] stressed?\u201d he reasons. He also intends to host therapy sessions for \u201ckids, older folks and people who are mentally stressed\u201d through interaction with his cats. He muses, \u201cThat plan was disrupted by the Circuit Breaker, but there\u2019s always this hope that more people will start to love cats and not be afraid of them. I\u2019m very happy to see people\u00a0sayang<\/em>\u00a0them!\u201d<\/p>\n

46A Dunlop St, S209375. Tel: 9388-8893. Open daily Mon 4pm-9pm; Tues-Fri 11am-9pm; Sat & Sun 10am-8pm. Cats\u2019 nap time at 4pm-5pm, Tues-Sun (caf\u00e9 will be closed for the rest period).\"\"<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

PHOTOS:\u00a0<\/strong>AIK CHEN<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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