Live music clubs / Downtown Pontiac (alley off Lawrence St)
Alley Cat Cafe
Closed – archive entry
A former all-ages coffee shop, eatery and live-music space in an alley off Lawrence Street in downtown Pontiac (opened 2016).
01 / The story of this place
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Alley Cat Cafe opened in 2016 in an alley off Lawrence Street in downtown Pontiac as a coffee shop by day and casual dining spot by night, with live music on Wednesday and Saturday nights. Metro Times listed it as an all-ages performance space, and it was linked with the Lawrence Street Project art, music and event space next door. It has since closed; its last online reviews date from around October 2024.
- Coffee by day, dining by night
- Live music Wednesdays and Saturdays
- All-ages performance space
Sources & fact check · Checked: 2026-09-25
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03 / Events
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