Boris & Horton preparing to close East Village cafe at the end of the month

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

At Boris & Horton on the NW corner of Avenue A and 12th Street, management has posted notices that NYC's first dog cafe will be closing at the end of the month... they're also asking for any job leads for their staff...

Nine months after a successful crowdfunding campaign and newly enacted subscription plan, Boris & Horton announced that it would have to close unless it found a buyer for the business. 

In an Instagram post on Friday, daughter-father co-owners Logan Mikhly and Coppy Holzman stated that the financial challenges returned even with hiring additional staffing and enhancing events. 

"Despite these efforts, we've experienced a significant drop in our monthly subscriptions, with almost 90% churn, and our sales are slightly down compared to last year when we initially made the difficult decision to close.

We reached out for more details.

"We've decided not to do press and just work on connecting with potential buyers or closing down," Mikhly told us. She promised to keep us posted if there were any updates. 

The space was pretty mellow late yesterday afternoon...

Following a customer fundraiser, Mikhly and Holzman reopened the Avenue A location in March after a deep clean and reorganization. They announced they had hired a general manager and an events manager and updated the HVAC system and refrigeration. 

Boris & Horton still had to shutter its year-plus-old Williamsburg location in May.