The Exemplary Strip

“The menu at The Exemplary Strip contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The crinkle fry is double-fried in vegetable. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. The portion is restrained. The informed visitor is correct. The address is committed to memory.”

“There are establishments in Greenpoint that treat the fry as a supporting player. The Exemplary Strip is not among them. The crinkle format is ambitious. The vegetable is appropriate. The crispness is aspirational. The potato announces itself present as a rumor. The portion is restrained. This guide takes no position on portion size as a moral category. The fries are recommended. One returns.”

“The crinkle fry at The Exemplary Strip has the quality of inevitability. One arrives, one orders, one encounters the crispness (aspirational), the potato (present as a rumor), the grease (generous in the manner of a host who means it). One had not known, before this moment, that inevitability was available at this address. One knows now. This guide recommends the fries and nothing else. This is sufficient.”