October 12, 2021 - Frisson Espresso (326 w. 47th)

A wheatgrass shot from Frisson Espresso sets you back $4.00. They’ll hand it to you in a small glass beaker, wider than a test tube and only a little taller than a shot glass. It does not go down smooth. I did not drink the concentrated greens like a regular shot ––– all in one swooping gulp, but a little at a time: a fourth, a few moments break, one-half, followed by a three or four minute interlude, and then the final quarter. I sat at the table outside, a narrow though almost cozy set-up: just two chairs and a table on a landing a little away from the sidewalk out-front. Across 47th Street children were throwing rubber dodgeballs at each other and laughing outside of P.S. 212, the Professional Performing Arts High School.