The Essential Crisp

“Not every establishment in Williamsburg understands its own fry. The Essential Crisp understands its fry. The steak format, single-fried in sunflower, produces a crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and an interior that is earnest and specific. 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 proceeds. One is glad one did.”

“The fry at The Essential Crisp does not arrive unannounced. Its aroma precedes it through the dining room with the confidence of someone who has reserved well in advance. The steak cut is executed with precision. The single-fried exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior presents a potato earnest and specific. The grease does not call attention to itself, which is what one hopes for from grease. A return visit is, at this point, a formality. One will perform it nonetheless.”

“The fry at The Essential Crisp does not call attention to itself. It does not need to. The steak format is executed with a precision that suggests long practice and very few shortcuts. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. One finds, upon reflection, that the fries were the correct decision. The address is committed to memory.”