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Fairfax's Concern

Red Hook · Brooklyn · British · $$$

French fries at Fairfax's Concern
3.9Score
Very Good
Crispiness
4.0
Potato Flavor
4.5
Structural Integrity
3.5
Saltiness
3.5
Greasiness
Generous4.0
Length
1.5
Girth
3.0
Portion Generosity
3.5

Cut Style

Waffle

Cooking Method

Single-fried

Oil Type

Sunflower

Price

$$$

Sauce Compatibility

malt vinegarhot saucesriracha

Location

Red Hook, Brooklyn · 40.6690, -74.0148

Critical Assessments

A kitchen that single-fries in sunflower has made a commitment. At Fairfax's Concern, this commitment is honored. The waffle fry arrives crisp — commendable and largely sustained — and earnest and specific within. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. Commitments, when honored, tend to produce results. One does not return. This information is provided without judgment.

E. Carmichael·January 2023

In a city of approximately eight million opinions about french fries, Fairfax's Concern has one of its own. The waffle fry is single-fried in sunflower. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. One visits once and thereafter considers the matter settled. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.

F. Devereaux·July 2024

One finds at Fairfax's Concern a waffle fry that has been attended to. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. Attendance, as a form of culinary philosophy, is rarer than it should be. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.

D. Hargreaves·December 2024
C

Christina's Note

An adequate entry in a crowded field. One visits with calibrated expectations.