You may have heard of cat cafes, or perhaps even the capybara, micropig or hedgehog cafes popular in Japan. Among these fun petting-zoo-meets-snack-purveyor destinations are bunny cafes, and San Francisco is about to get its first.

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Behind the vision is Kathreen Kato, who adopted Alex the Great, a San Francisco Flemish giant rabbit, with her fiancé. Alex worked as a therapy bunny and was known as the San Francisco Giants’ “rally rabbit.” He was also part of the Wag Brigade, a group of pets providing animal-assisted therapy to visitors at SFO, before he was diagnosed with cancer and died in July.

The Bunny Cafe, at 1327 Columbus Ave. in San Francisco, is set to open in late November or early December, and is being built as an homage to Alex, according to Kato. “He paved t

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