el gato

I am infatuated with the bodega “el gato” cats. My choice of delis is wide and I go with ones with cats when possible.

And I happen to be working from the lobby of the Algonquin hotel near Times Square and they have a super-premium hotel gato. I only have my camera phone camera handy and the light is too low to get a good pic, but picture a fluffy regal looking beast.

It hangs out on the marble check-in counter or on a luggage cart and has a little Japanese style nook near the entry way with its main bed/home base.