Hi! We’re Colby and Jackson. We moved to Denver in 2023 from our hometown of Anchorage, Alaska.

We liked a lot about Denver right away, but we were struggling to “put ourselves out there.” Events are expensive, drinking and crowds aren’t really our vibe, and making friends as an adult is hard! We got used to just staying home — even though we wanted to be trying new things and meeting new people.

Meanwhile, we started fostering cats and kittens from the Aurora Animal Shelter. It brought SO MUCH JOY into our lives. We got to watch kittens grow up — sometimes from only a few days old, eeeek — and help young adult cats in need of some extra attention. We started thinking about a dream we had seven years ago, to open up a cat cafe…

And then we got the idea to combine it all. We would create a place for indoorsy folks like us to make friends, to find community without stress, and to spend time with cats.

We hope Cat People is a place where things feel easy. Make a craft or play a game together, and skip the awkward small talk. Or do your own thing, like curl up in the corner with a book, a cup of tea, and a cat on your lap.

Cat People is what we wish existed when we got here. A place to make something, play a game, meet a friend, fall in love with a cat, and most importantly, a place to comfortably exist and belong.

We're glad you found it.