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NYC's First Cat Cafe: Meow Parlour

NYC's First Cat Cafe: Meow Parlour

On their walk home one evening after closing up their Manhattan macaron shop, pastry chef Christina Ha and her husband, Simon Tung, heard the cries of an abandoned cat. The workaholic couple, stressed with running their 8-month-old fledgling business, found the emaciated cat with white paws, had him checked out by a veterinarian and gave him a name: Mr. Socks.

The Wall Street JournalLarissa ZimberoffDecember 19, 2014Christina Ha, Lower East Side, Meow Parlour, cat cafe, macaron parlour

6 Questions With The Ultimate Cat Lady

6 Questions With The Ultimate Cat Lady

Christina Ha didn’t have cats growing up. She also wasn’t a baker. But both of those things have changed. Early next month the publicist turned macaron baker plans to open New York’s first permanent cat café.

Food & Wine magazineLarissa ZimberoffDecember 2, 2014Christina Ha, KittyKind, Lower East Side, Meow Parlour, cat adoption, cat cafe, macaron parlour, macarons

The New Russ & Daughters Cafe

Larissa ZimberoffMay 8, 2014Lower East Side, Smoked Salmon, bagels, fish, lox, orchard street, russ & daughters, russ and daughters cafe, russ and daughters

Gin & juice at Cata

Larissa ZimberoffJuly 5, 2013Cata, Lower East Side, NYC food, dining in NYC, gin drinks, gin, pintxos, tapas

Mission Chinese in the LES

Larissa ZimberoffJanuary 6, 2013Danny Bowein, LES, Lower East Side, Mission Chinese, chinese, food review