Downtown Chip

“Downtown Chip occupies a modest address in DUMBO. The fries are, in contrast, not modest. The matchstick format is executed in duck fat, double-fried to a finish that is aspirational. The interior is present as a rumor. The portion is restrained. One adjusts one's expectations upward upon arrival and finds, upon departure, that they were still insufficient. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.”

“One finds at Downtown Chip a matchstick fry that has been attended to. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is restrained. Attendance, as a form of culinary philosophy, is rarer than it should be. One does not return. This information is provided without judgment.”