Uptown Pomme

“The single-fry technique employed at Uptown Pomme produces a thick-cut fry of aspirational exterior and present as a rumor interior. The peanut is evident and appropriate. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. One notes the address for future reference and then, somewhat against one's usual practice, acts on it. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”

“Not every establishment in West Village understands its own fry. Uptown Pomme understands its fry. The thick-cut format, single-fried in peanut, produces a crispness that is aspirational and an interior that is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. Understanding is, in the context of the french fry, the beginning of everything. One visits twice. The second visit confirms the first.”

“The menu at Uptown Pomme contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The thick-cut fry is single-fried in peanut. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. The portion is forthcoming. The informed visitor is correct. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.”

“The menu at Uptown Pomme contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The thick-cut fry is single-fried in peanut. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present as a rumor. The portion is forthcoming. The informed visitor is correct. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.”

“The fry at Uptown Pomme does not arrive unannounced. Its aroma precedes it through the dining room with the confidence of someone who has reserved well in advance. The thick-cut cut is executed with precision. The single-fried exterior is aspirational. The interior presents a potato present as a rumor. The grease does not call attention to itself, which is what one hopes for from grease. One returns.”