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St. Paul's new cat cafe to open New Year's Day

Owner Vanessa Beardsley, a longtime St. Paul resident, has spent months bringing the historic building at 1416 Grand Avenue back to life.

Inside St. Paul's new cafe, the Halloween Blizzard and Tater Tot Hotdish are likely to be topics of conversation.

Holly and Tater Tot, for short, are just two of the resident cats inside Catzen Coffee, which will celebrate its grand opening New Year's Day.

The new cat cafe will serve coffee, teas, mocktails and a selection of sandwiches, pastries, caricature and more from local eateries such as Hot Hands and Pies and La Boulangerie Marguerite.

Catzen Coffee

Inside "the Den", customers can sip their beverages and snack while enjoying the cozy company of the resident cats.

The business will be open daily beginning at 7 a.m., with closing at 2 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday.

The grand opening on New Year's Day begins at noon.

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