Thoughts: Everything about this place and this espresso is wrong. Everything. Wow, this was shitty espresso. I basically had to spit it out, the flavor was so wrong. I was really in the mood for a great shot and this was like poison.
The bean was shitty, the machine was shitty, and the guy making the espresso was full of shit. After walking by the other day and seeing a line of people out to the door, I assumed this was going to be an obvious entry for the Good or Very Good Espressos. Wow, what the hell are people doing drinking this swill for? Is it because you put some half-assed steamed milk art in your macchiato? I wish I knew.
Joe — you rank among the least artful espressos in the city (and in the world). If you were to open a store anywhere in Europe, you’d be laughed out business in five minutes.
And it is “CORTO” not “CORTADO,” jackass.
Joe The Art of Coffee
550 west 120th
New York, NY 10027
212-851-9101