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    The Catmosphere

    The Catmosphere

    5.0(2 reviews)
    62.0 mi

    The Catmosphere is such a special place. It is the perfect blend of cozy coffee shop and…read moreheartwarming cat adoption lounge. From the moment you walk in, the space feels calm, welcoming, and thoughtfully designed for both people and cats. The coffee is excellent and clearly made with care, but the real magic is spending time with the cats. They are well cared for, playful, and relaxed, which says a lot about how the staff runs the space. The team is friendly, knowledgeable, and genuinely passionate about animal welfare. They take the time to answer questions about the cats and the adoption process without any pressure. Whether you are looking to adopt, need a peaceful place to sip coffee, or just want a mood boost from being around cats, The Catmosphere delivers. You leave feeling happier than when you arrived. Highly recommend supporting this amazing spot.

    I love the Catmosphere. I love them because of the good work this business model is doing for…read moreplacing cats from shelters in homes. In addition to this being a uniquely cool concept that successfully grew root in Terre Haute, not to mention in the neat 12 Points area of town. Now I have been to several cat cafes around the planet (even an owl cafe in Tokyo and a rabbit cafe in Hong Kong). Cat cafes in and of themselves are what they are. Kind of smell like cats, kind of have subpar food/drink offerings. Only cat people really go to these kind of places, right? But then I enter the Catmosphere. Not going to lie, I just love the name. Super catchy and also flows off my tongue like a script from Star Wars, which kind of makes me giggle. You can come to the "Cafe" portion of the Catmosphere and simply buy a coffee or snack and sit in the cafe, read, play a board game, chill or hang out. I think they are getting their footing regarding the F&B portion of their offerings, but for now there is not anything exceptionally noteworthy in this department. But the coffee we ordered was freshly brewed and hot. Coming to cafe is free, just buy some food and beverage item. It will cost you $12 to go inside the actual "Catmosphere." $12.50 when booked on-line to include the tax charge of a credit card. After securing a spot on-line for me and my parents to visit one random Wednesday afternoon a few weeks ago, we enter the two door security system to ensure no felines get out. We are verbally presented with a few ground rules before we go in from staff. Now, like all animal cafes, one is hit with the smell of cats immediately upon entering. No escaping that with between 18-25 cats possibly around on any given day. But the room itself you can tell is cleaned and these cats are clearly cared for as exemplified in the bounty of cats who are happily lounging, prancing and playing about. They disguise the liter boxes behind their couches, so I barely know they are there. The room is fun. The owner Jade and the employee Storm (student from ISU) are here on this day and they seem happy we are here. Jade is manning the cafe part and Storm is helping engage kitties and patrons in the actual Catmosphere. These two woman clearly have a love of animals and want to place these cats in good homes. And quite honestly, with like 160+ adoptions in their short 9 or 10 months of being open, they are doing an excellent job. There are photos on their Instagram feed and also in the cafe showing all the happy cats with their new humans. This spot allows you to really get to understand and see a cats personality. I would strongly suggest making a reservation on their website, for they limit the number of people that can be inside the Catmosphere at any time. A nice woman and her daughter were turned away to a later time slot when we were there checking in because all the bookings were sold out for the 2pm hour that day. It was a Wednesday, not even a busy weekend. Their website also posts the other fun things they are doing here like "Yoga with Cats for Kids," "College Study Sessions," and "Adults Only time." They get creative marketing points for making opportunities for people to engage with cats and cats to engage with humans, which makes cats more easily adoptable once they are use to being around people. It is such a nice space with lots of seating and even an TV area for kids. Lots of cat toys about to interact and play. The best $12 you can spend for an hour to relax and lower your blood pressure by simply being around, petting and playing with cats. Now sure, the ultimate goal is to place cats in good homes, but you can easily just come and be a visitor, not an adopter. They have limited hours and are not open every day. I think they get new cats in on Mondays and Tuesdays. They pull cats from the shelter in Terre Haute and also other counties/communities surrounding the Vigo county area. What great partnerships to place cats! So I personally think Wednesday might be the best day to visit, but that is just my opinion. They sell cat related stuff in their little shop area and also have a frequent visitor punch card (with every 9 visits, get the 10th visit free....the 9th Life Loyalty program...witty!). The Catmosphere is checking every marketing box in my head....F&B, creative selling point, open space, hospitality, frequent shopper card, kind staff. I am on a plane as I type headed back to Terre Haute to see my folks. I have already secured our second visit to the Catmosphere tomorrow because my parents want to find their forever furry friend and this seems like the perfect venue to make that possibly happen.

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    Corsair Cafe - Quesadilla Cheeseburger

    Corsair Cafe

    3.7(21 reviews)
    67.3 mi

    A little overdue on this and was mindful to write this review before I go back to the Corsair Cafe…read moresomeday. A tiny spot located at the TH Regional Airport, if it not for my quest to weed places like this out, the average person would not know this was here. Off the beaten path for someone not using the actual airport. In addition to the small cafe serving sandwiches, soup, coffees and the like, the Corsair Cafe is packed full of plane paraphernalia, toys, books and gadgets. If you have a kid interested in planes or flying, you need to get over here to fill their Christmas list. Model airplanes, books, bags, t-shirts, games....lots of stuff all about flying. Nick nacks and trinket stuff too. I brought my parents out here for something different. The lunch was OK and reasonably priced. They featured a pull pork sandwich for $5 the day we were there that my dad said was not half bad (a city girl like me was taken back by the low price). We were the only ones in the cafe when we were there. There are Adirondack like, wooden chairs and picnic tables outside to maybe sit, have an ice tea and watch planes come in and out and move about (not sure how much action this airport gets on any given day, I am guessing not a lot). So nothing incredibly unique going on in the food realm hear other than a decent well priced uneventful menu, but a unique atmosphere that if you caught on the right day might be a nice spot to see some plane activity while enjoying a bowl of soup and a lemonade.

    My son and I were so excited to visit Corsair and watch planes take off and return while we ate…read morelunch! The cafe is aviation themed and has a little store. Corsair has coffee drinks and serves breakfast and lunch. My food was delicious. I had the pork tenderloin and was quite happy. My son had eggs, hash browns, sausage and toast and said it was good. I will agree with other reviewers that the staff did not seem overly happy to be there. They seemed annoyed at customers. We received our food without getting our drinks. When I went up to ask for our drinks, they seemed like this was a big inconvenience. The glass on the windows was also so dirty that it was hard to watch the planes take off. It was still a fun place, I just had my expectations too high.

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    Hoopeston Animal Rescue Team HART - This little guy is the best friend I never knew I needed. Thanks to HART I have had him by my side.

    Hoopeston Animal Rescue Team HART

    5.0(1 review)
    37.9 mi

    I cannot speak highly enough of this organization. They are a non-profit, no kill shelter for cats…read moreand dogs. I have personally adopted two dogs from HART over the past several years and these animals are two of the kindest, most gentle creatures on the planet. The description of the dogs' struggles and strengths was accurately described by staff. Both were well adjusted and people friendly. The shelter itself is clean and the dogs appear well taken care of. Staff stayed in the room with me as I met the dog to answer questions and to see the relationship between myself and the dogs. The application is available online and it can be pre-approved before you even see a dog. This really cuts down on the disappointment that the dog you were interested in might be adopted by someone else while they determine your suitability. With both dogs, we were sent home with the heartworm medication that had been started at the shelter. For one of my dogs, that was almost three months of medication. My dogs were both fixed and fully vaccinated. They were both chipped. The adoption fee was a little under $200. Some might feel that is a lot for a mutt a few years old. I'm here to tell you I actually wrote a check for my dogs that exceeded the adoption fee because I was so very grateful for the way they run their business. I want HART to continue to have the ability to to flourish and grow. PetSmart sometimes features their animals during their adoption events in store. You can also give donations to HART at PetSmart during some points in the year. Consider supporting them with your donations and adoptions. It is well worth it.

    Cat Snap - Little boy's eyes had ruptured from infection. Catsnap made sure he had surgery, was recovered, socialized, and placed in a loving home.

    Cat Snap

    2.5(11 reviews)
    4.3 mi

    Catsnap staff member Mercy is a heartless, evil person. I…read morereached out to the catsnap email (my guess is they don't have a phone # due to all the calls they would rcv on poor behavior) giving them a description of our missing kitten. 5 months old who also was a bit delayed from birth. Hand raised and loved and taken care of but he insisted on being outside and there was no preventing it. Mercy emailed back telling me how cruel I am as a person to have a cat outside and also giving me statistics on cats killing animals, at high risk for being hit and being a nusence to neighbors. When she found out our kitty died she had another email insistent how it was my fault and I was cruel and caused the death and again telling me winter is coming. I let her know that we have a heated garage our cats stay in, food, water, beds and outside coverage with heat lamps for them. None of that mattered. I asked for my emails to be sent on to higher ups and she essentially told me they don't care, and the president feels the same way she does "It is sad the kittens could not have a loving home inside safe from wild animals and traffic or other dangerous situations. Winter is coming."

    Unfortunately, our experience with Catsnap was less than desirable. We showed interest in a…read moreparticular adoptee. We provided an application, they checked in with our veterinarian and were told we are exemplary pet parents. A week goes by and we hear nothing back after multiple attempts were made to reach out to them. We drove the hour and fifteen minutes to the PetSmart in Champaign, Illinois the following weekend and low and behold there was the kitten we were interested in through Catsnap. We spoke to the Catsnap staff and were told they weren't through all the proper processing yet. A week had passed! I asked to hold a kitten and was told only people who had made the final application cut could hold an animal. We were right there, 95% or more of our application was finished, we were ready to adopt and take a new addition home to become a part of our family. We left empty-handed and later that night I received a short email saying this kitten had been adopted out to a different couple. There was nothing in the email saying we were approved to adopt another cat, nothing saying there were others which needed a loving home and would we be interested in saving another one. Just nothing. I had just lost my cat of sixteen years. We were clearly invested in providing a forever home. Our dog Riley has been with my significant other for more than 8 years and has always been well vetted. We returned for another adoption weekend with a different local shelter and today we brought home a ten month old cuddler. My heart is complete and it didn't take this other agency over a week to determine if we would be great pet parents. I feel sorry for the animals who never get their forever home simply because of the lack of timeliness of a Catsnap application review. If I'm willing to spend $125 dollars or more for a new pet, I'm certainly going to invest in providing the best home possible. I understand being particularly cautious, but adopting a child might be easier than adopting through Catsnap.

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    Seven Petals Dog Rescue

    Seven Petals Dog Rescue

    2.7(7 reviews)
    14.7 mi

    Stay away from this unprofessional dog rescue. They are clearly so busy going to farmer's markets…read moreto sell dog treats that they can't get back to the folks that want to adopt their dogs. We started the adoption process because we saw a beautiful dog on petfinder.com that we fell head over heels for. We submitted our information, and when I didn't hear anything for a week, I called to leave messages as well as emails. It took two weeks to finally have someone call me. The people that run this place, claim that the lack of professionalism in responding to simple phone calls and emails, is the fact that they run a small operation. Whatever, all I know is that they strung me along for over two weeks, and when they finally called our references (this past Saturday), the puppy that I was looking to adopt had already been adopted 4 days earlier! I found out on facebook, when I was checking out their page to see when they were having a fundraiser, when they had a great picture of somebody with the puppy I thought would be mine. I'm going to have to stop writing this review, as the tears are getting on the keyboard.

    Having just adopted a beautiful Australian Shepherd from this rescue and I can honestly say that…read morethe process of adoption from emails and phone calls right up to signing for her this morning went very smoothly. I had the pleasure of meeting both the owners and one of their volunteers and the entire process was a pleasure. I would highly recommend them!

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