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Laurent's Restaurant

Gramercy · Manhattan · Bar & Grill · $$

French fries at Laurent's Restaurant
3.8Score
Very Good
Crispiness
4.0
Potato Flavor
3.5
Structural Integrity
4.5
Saltiness
4.0
Greasiness
Austere1.5
Length
5.0
Girth
4.5
Portion Generosity
4.5

Cut Style

Curly

Cooking Method

Single-fried

Oil Type

Beef tallow

Price

$$

Sauce Compatibility

cheese sauce

Location

Gramercy, Manhattan · 40.7409, -73.9856

Critical Assessments

A kitchen that single-fries in beef tallow has made a commitment. At Laurent's Restaurant, this commitment is honored. The curly fry arrives crisp — commendable and largely sustained — and earnest and specific within. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. Commitments, when honored, tend to produce results. One visits twice. The second visit confirms the first.

P. Illingworth·February 2022

The single-fry technique employed at Laurent's Restaurant produces a curly fry of commendable and largely sustained exterior and earnest and specific interior. The beef tallow is evident and appropriate. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. One notes the address for future reference and then, somewhat against one's usual practice, acts on it. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.

I. Talbot·December 2023
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Christina's Note

An adequate entry in a crowded field. One visits with calibrated expectations.