Avenue Wedge

“In a city of approximately eight million opinions about french fries, Avenue Wedge has one of its own. The crinkle fry is double-fried in sunflower. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. One visits once and thereafter considers the matter settled. The address is committed to memory.”

“The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At Avenue Wedge, one arrives closer to an answer. The crinkle fry, double-fried in sunflower, presents crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and a potato interior that is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.”

“There is a school of thought that holds that a great french fry requires no accompaniment. Avenue Wedge belongs to this school. The crinkle fry, double-fried in sunflower, makes its argument in silence. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The argument is persuasive. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”