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| formation           = {{start date|2015|06|20}}<ref name="WashPost 1">{{cite news|author1=Perry Stein|title=Meet the woman who left her consulting job to open D.C.'s first cat cafe|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/02/06/meet-the-woman-who-left-her-consulting-job-to-open-d-c-s-first-cat-cafe/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=February 6, 2015}}</ref>
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| affiliations        = {{•}}[[Homeward Trails Animal Rescue]]<br />{{•}}[[Stray Cat Alliance]]
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| remarks             = Financed via [[Kickstarter]]: [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2006072669/crumbs-and-whiskers-washington-dcs-cat-cafe Link]
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| founder             = Kanchan Singh<ref name="WashPost 1" />
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| location            = {{•}}3211 M St NW, {{nowrap|[[Washington, D.C.]]}} 20007<br />{{•}}7924 Melrose Ave, {{nowrap|[[Los Angeles, CA]]}} 90048
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| owner               = Kanchan Singh {{small|(Co-owner)}}<ref name="WashPost 1" /><br />Chetan Singh {{small|(Co-owner)}}{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
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'''Crumbs and Whiskers''' is a [[small business]] which operates [[cat café]]s that foster rescue [[cats]] and offer cafe amenities, in {{nowrap|[[Washington, D.C.]]}}, and [[Los Angeles]], California. Crumbs & Whiskers partners with rescues who save cats at risk of euthanasia in high kill shelters and cats facing homelessness on the streets.
Crumbs and Whiskers opened its first cat café in Washington on June 20, 2015; this was the first cat café to open in the [[Washington metropolitan area]].<ref name="WashPost 2">{{cite news|author1=Perry Stein|title=Not-yet-open D.C. cat cafe raises serious money in 1 day|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/03/09/not-yet-open-d-c-cat-cafe-raises-serious-money-in-1-day/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WashPost 3">{{cite news|author1=Maura Judkis|title=So, how would a cafe crawling with adorable kittens pass a D.C. health inspection?|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/going-out-guide/wp/2014/11/20/so-how-would-a-cafe-crawling-with-adorable-kittens-pass-a-d-c-health-inspection/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=November 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="CBS">{{cite news |author1=Courtney Pomeroy|title=D.C.'s Cat Cafe, Crumbs and Whiskers, Makes Strides Toward Opening This Year|url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/03/23/d-c-s-cat-cafe-crumbs-and-whiskers-makes-strides-toward-opening-this-year/|work=CBS|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WTOP 1">{{cite web|author1=Rachel Nania|title=Founder shares plans for D.C.'s first cat café, Crumbs and Whiskers|url=http://wtop.com/food/2015/02/plans-continue-d-c-s-first-cat-cafe/|work=Washington's Top News|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=February 18, 2015}}</ref> The Washington, D.C., café is partnered with Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, and provides a living space for around 20 to 25&nbsp;cats at a time.<ref name="ABC7">{{cite news |author1=Caroline Tucker|title=Cat cafe pounces forward in D.C.|url=http://www.wjla.com/articles/2015/03/cat-cafe-pounces-forward-in-d-c--112694.html|work=ABC7|access-date=March 29, 2015|date=March 28, 2015|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130200927/https://wjla.com/news/local/cat-cafe-pounces-forward-in-d-c--112694}}</ref><ref name="WBJ">{{cite web|author1=Jeff Clabaugh|title=D.C.'s first cat cafe (yes, a cafe with cats) opens this month|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/top-shelf/2015/06/d-c-s-first-cat-cafe-yes-a-cafe-with-cats-opens.html|website=Washington Business Journal|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> Through the partnership arrangement, the Homeward Trails provides vaccinated and vetted cats to Crumbs and Whiskers, which functions as a foster home for the cats until they are adopted.<ref name="ABC7" /><ref name="Crumbs location">{{cite web|author1=Ellison L Barber|title=Georgetown Cat Cafe gets approval|url=http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/03/23/georgetown-cat-cafe/70355180/|website=WUSA9|access-date=April 2, 2015|date=March 24, 2015|quote=On Tuesday morning, a zoning hearing approved to operate Crumbs & Whiskers – a café that specializes in cats.  Kanchan Singh said this means a blue building on the corner of Wisconsin and O St NW will officially become the location of her café.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405201754/http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2015/03/23/georgetown-cat-cafe/70355180/|archive-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref>
The Los Angeles café opened on September 30, 2016, and was the first cat café to open in the [[Los Angeles metropolitan area]].<ref name="NBC LA">{{cite news|author=Megan Moureaux|title=Cats Looking for Furever Homes at LA's First Cat Cafe|url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Cats-Looking-Furever-Homes-LA-Cat-Cafe-397474921.html|work=NBC Los Angeles|access-date=January 1, 2017|date=October 18, 2016}}</ref><ref name="LA Daily News">{{cite news |author=Suzanne Sproul|title=Everything you need to know about LA's first cat cafe Crumbs & Whiskers|url=http://www.dailynews.com/lifestyle/20160923/everything-you-need-to-know-about-las-first-cat-cafe-crumbs-amp-whiskers|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|access-date=January 1, 2017|date=September 23, 2016}}</ref> The Los Angeles café is partnered with Stray Cat Alliance, a Los Angeles–based animal rescue which provides cats for the café.<ref name="NBC LA" /><ref name="LA Daily News" /> Similar to the Washington, D.C., café, the Los Angeles café offers a living space for the cats until they are adopted.<ref name="NBC LA" /><ref name="LA Daily News" />
Crumbs and Whiskers uses an online booking system for scheduling visits and offers a fixed admission price per visit.<ref name="WashPost June 9th">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=DC's first cat cafe to open in Georgetown June 20|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dcs-first-cat-cafe-to-open-in-georgetown-june-20/2015/06/11/be5cf590-101c-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620043328/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dcs-first-cat-cafe-to-open-in-georgetown-june-20/2015/06/11/be5cf590-101c-11e5-a0fe-dccfea4653ee_story.html|archive-date=June 20, 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref><ref name="WashPost 1" /><ref name="Eagle">{{cite web|author1=Emily Blomquist|title=Crumbs and Whiskers: D.C.'s first cat cafe.|url=http://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2015/04/crumbs-and-whiskers-dcs-first-cat-cafe|website=The Eagle|access-date=June 14, 2015|date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
==Startup funding==
The business founder, Kanchan Singh, opted to finance the venture by [[crowdfunding]] through a [[Kickstarter]] project with a {{currency|15,000}} target, an amount which she was initially uncertain that she could raise.<ref name="WashPost 1" />  The Crumbs and Whiskers Kickstarter project reached its funding target less than a day after it launched, and doubled this amount prior to the project deadline.<ref name="ABC7" /><ref name="Crumbs location" /> The campaign ended with 705 backers and raised a total of $35,881 for the café.<ref>{{cite web|title=Crumbs & Whiskers: Washington DC's Cat Cafe|url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2006072669/crumbs-and-whiskers-washington-dcs-cat-cafe|website=Kickstarter|access-date=January 4, 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Restaurants in Washington, D.C.}}
{{Domestic cat|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Cat organizations]]
[[Category:Coffeehouses and cafés in the United States]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Entertainment venues in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:Entertainment venues in California]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Washington, D.C.]]
[[Category:2016 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Restaurants in Los Angeles]]
[[Category:Restaurants in Washington, D.C.]]