Henri Marchetti's Table

“The steak fry at Henri Marchetti's Table represents a kitchen with convictions. The exterior is architecturally significant. The interior is biographical in its specificity. The canola does not call attention to itself. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. Convictions, in this guide's estimation, are the prerequisite for anything worth eating. The fry asks only to be appreciated. At Henri Marchetti's Table, one appreciates.”

“The steak fry at Henri Marchetti's Table has the quality of inevitability. One arrives, one orders, one encounters the crispness (architecturally significant), the potato (biographical in its specificity), 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. One does not return. This information is provided without judgment.”

“One visits Henri Marchetti's Table for the atmosphere and departs thinking only of the fries. The steak cut is executed with a steadiness suggesting neither haste nor contemplation — only the correct application of heat and timing. The crispness is architecturally significant. The potato is biographical in its specificity. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. One recommends not visiting for the atmosphere. The fry asks only to be appreciated. At Henri Marchetti's Table, one appreciates.”