Boris & Horton is a new dog-cafe in Alphabet City on 12th and A that lets you drink coffee, tea, and other cafe beverages alongside your pup indoors. While there are many cat cafes throughout the City, Boris & Horton is the first DOH-approved dog cafe open to the public. Check it out in this short video from our friends at Time Out New York.

[Boris & Horton] is a feat of both canine and NYC licensing logistics. It has two parts that are Department of Health-approved: the sunny, humans-only side that could be a standalone café, where you pick up your coffee and hang out at a table (if you don’t want to abandon your furry pal outside, try the outdoor takeaway counter); and the dog-friendly side, where the humans can drink their just-bought coffee and sit with their four-legged friends at one of five tables. A cutesy shop inside also sells doggie-related clothing, knickknacks and pastries (Red-Velvet Pupcakes and Turmeric Bunny Peep Cake, among others).

For the uninitiated, eating soup dumplings can get pretty messy if you don't know what you are doing. In this recent episode of the "Food Skills" series from First We Feast, watch as Sean Tang, the owner of SoHo's Pinch Chinese, teaches you how to properly eat one.

Eating soup dumplings can feel like a perilous culinary adventure for the uninitiated. Make an amateur mistake—like biting into the dumpling before cooling and slurping out the soup—and you might find yourself splattered in scalding-hot broth. But luckily Sean Tang, owner of Pinch Chinese in Manhattan, is here to school you on the soup dumpling dos and don’ts. From the cooking process behind the restaurant’s thin-skinned xiaolongbao, to different methods for enjoying the dumpling once it’s been steamed, Tang unlocks the keys to one of China’s most beloved culinary exports. Expertly folded, and packed with a rich, flavorful broth, these soup-filled pockets are a must try for dumpling fanatics everywhere.

American photographer Danny Lyon was born here in Brooklyn in 1942. When he was 21 he published his first photographs, and never looked back. Over the next 50 years, Lyon would capture many subjects for many personal projects, and publications, but one of his favorite things to shoot was always the New York City streets. In this vintage photograph from the photographer, take a peek at a graffiti-filled 2 train as it rolls through the South Bronx in 1980.