Pierre Beauchamp's House

“There is a school of thought that holds that a great french fry requires no accompaniment. Pierre Beauchamp's House belongs to this school. The curly fry, double-fried in peanut, makes its argument in silence. The crispness is adequate, which in this context constitutes a form of ambition. The potato flavor is present and largely coherent. The argument is persuasive. The fry alone merits the journey to Cobble Hill.”

“The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At Pierre Beauchamp's House, one arrives closer to an answer. The curly fry, double-fried in peanut, presents crispness that is adequate, which in this context constitutes a form of ambition and a potato interior that is present and largely coherent. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.”

“The double-fry technique employed at Pierre Beauchamp's House produces a curly fry of adequate, which in this context constitutes a form of ambition exterior and present and largely coherent interior. The peanut is evident and appropriate. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. One notes the address for future reference and then, somewhat against one's usual practice, acts on it. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.”