Patel

“The curly fry at Patel does not overstay its welcome. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained, the interior is earnest and specific, and the grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The portion is forthcoming. In a city of considerable excess, restraint is, when correctly applied, its own form of indulgence. Patel applies it correctly. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. Patel knows this.”

“The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At Patel, one arrives closer to an answer. The curly fry, triple-fried in peanut, presents crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and a potato interior that is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”