Théodore Bernard's Restaurant

“The crispness of the crinkle fry at Théodore Bernard's Restaurant is commendable and largely sustained. This is noted first because it is noted first. The interior potato character is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. First impressions, in the case of the french fry, are usually correct. This one is. A return visit is, at this point, a formality. One will perform it nonetheless.”

“The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At Théodore Bernard's Restaurant, one arrives closer to an answer. The crinkle fry, single-fried in peanut, presents crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and a potato interior that is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. One does not return. This information is provided without judgment.”

“At Théodore Bernard's Restaurant, the crinkle fry is taken seriously in a way that does not announce itself. The single-fry method produces an exterior that is commendable and largely sustained. The interior is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The seriousness, once recognized, is irreversible. This guide recommends the fries and nothing else. This is sufficient.”

“One does not arrive at Théodore Bernard's Restaurant lightly. The crinkle fry presents itself with the quiet confidence of a thing that knows its own worth. The single-fry technique is evident in the exterior: commendable and largely sustained. The interior potato character is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. This guide notes the address. One visits twice. The second visit confirms the first.”

“The crinkle fry is, at its best, a meditation on patience. Théodore Bernard's Restaurant understands this. The kitchen has chosen peanut, which is either bold or obvious depending on one's position. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The interior potato character is earnest and specific. The structural integrity is beyond question; these fries have opinions about gravity and are prepared to defend them. One returns. This guide recommends the fries and nothing else. This is sufficient.”