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March 16, 2024, 12:49 pm ET
It’s time to paw-ty.
The Big Apple’s first canine cafe reopened this week after saying it could be closing for good in February — following a six-figure fundraiser by loving locals.
“The reopening kind of felt like returning to school after summer vacation. We’re all re-energized, so excited to see each other and the customers again,” mentioned Logan Mikhly, who co-owns Boris & Horton together with her father, Coppy Holzman.
“I’m excited to make a more sustainable Boris & Horton and be open for the long haul,” Mikhly, 34, instructed The Post.
Mikhly and Holzman introduced the closing of their canine-friendly cafes in East Village and Williamsburg after practically six-and-a-half years as a result of they couldn’t sustain with the entire doggone bills.
“We were very successful in building a nice community. But having a business in New York City, and all of the extra costs that come with Health Department compliance, being a dog-friendly business, extra staff, dishes and towels, paper towels for dog messes – it all adds up. Our revenue was just short of our expenses,” defined Holzman, 69.
At the time, “I was feeling pretty low and not very happy with myself…I felt like a bit of a business failure,” Mikhly recalled.
Fur-tunately, inside weeks, locals barked up $250,000 to maintain their doorways open.
“I think we knew people were going to be sad, but the outpouring of support, the fact that people mobilized on our behalf extremely quickly … was just beyond my wildest dreams,” Mikhly mentioned.
With that money, the father-daughter duo invested in needed repairs for the retailers – together with new furnishings, air conditioners and paint jobs – and employed each common and occasion managers.
Both the Boris & Horton cafes at 195 Avenue A in East Village and 510 Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg reopened on Monday.
They now recommend canine-toting prospects pay a each day go to charge of $10, and people with no canine pay $5. During the evenings, the cafes will host comedy, trivia and singles occasions, in accordance with Holzman.
“We love our customers and it just so happens that they love us. Things are going really well this week,” Holzman mentioned following the reopening.
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