06/04/2026
If you’re a cat lover, Whiskers and Soda on Garland Road might be paradise. At the membership-based cat cafe, felines lounge in chairs, in beds and on table tops while sometimes receiving pets from humans. Humans inside the cafe are given a set of ground rules — cats are not to be picked up and carried around, sleeping felines shouldn’t be woken up, volume inside the cafe should be normal and not too loud, and young children are required to be supervised. And please, no flash photography.
“What we always ask people to do is just sit down,” says Rob Stovall, who owns the cafe with his wife Caroline. “They’ll come to you. The ones that want love and attention, and they’ll come right up to you, and then you can hold them and everything.”
Coffee drinks with punny names (Capurrcino, Amerigato, Meow Mocha, Long Cat Latte, Meowchiato, Cold Mew Brew and Iced Catfee) are served alongside pastries in a corner of the large room encased by glass to keep the cats from tainting the food and beverages as well as out of harm’s way. The cafe’s pastry and coffee supply comes from two East Dallas establishments — Leila Bakery & Cafe and Cultivar Coffee Roasting Co., which is down the street from Whiskers and Soda.
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