Cats on tap: the New York breweries and hotels where you can hang out with feline friends

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Hamlet the Eighth is the Algonquin’s resident celebrity cat Join a tour of Brooklyn’s Kings County Distillery, New York’s oldest distillery, and you’ll almost certainly meet Harold and Maude, two Hard Hat Cats. “They get on incredibly well with the entire workforce, and love meeting visitors on tours,” says Nocera, who makes an interesting point about how working cats’ roles have evolved. Other Hard Hat Cats successes include Five Boroughs Brewing’s Amor, who made the transition from working moggy to much-loved pet after being adopted by an employee; Oreo, who resides at the plush Stamford Suites Hotel; and Elizabeth, a male, one-eyed cat at Torch & Crown Brewing, which even named a beer in his honour. “After I made Gasket’s Instagram I realised how many other working cats there are – an entire community.” And Gasket’s happiness comes first.