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The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
The Alley Cat Cafe, featured in the recent Netflix documentary "Inside the Mind of a Cat," is home to cats, like Emilia, drinks and food. The documentary was released Aug. 18 and focuses on cat research.

Local cat cafe featured in Netflix documentary

By Prakriti Panwar, Contributing Writer • September 14, 2022
Alley Cat Cafe, a shared community for coffee and cat lovers of Ithaca, was used as a shoot location and set for a recent Netflix documentary “Inside the Mind of a Cat."
Troye Platt picks a writing prompt during a National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) writing session at Alley Cat Cafe. NaNoWriMo is an annual writing event where people from all over the world write a novel of 50,000 words in the month of November.

Annual National Novel Writing Month fosters creativity

By Hannah Fitzpatrick • November 14, 2019

On a cold, dark Friday night, the Alley Cat Cafe in downtown Ithaca is a warm safe haven from the harsh weather. The scent of freshly brewed coffee hits soon after the first step inside. Smooth jazz music...

Marigold sleeps on the rug at Alley Cat Cafe, Ithaca's first cat cafe. Customers can purchase coffee, tea and baked goods in the front room and cuddle with cats in the back room.

WATCH: New café offers coffee and adoptable cats

By Kara Bowen, Life and Culture Editor • August 29, 2018
Across the room, a black kitten, Moira, balances on her hind legs, trying to reach a feather wand that a couple is holding just out of her reach.
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