La Strip

“The shoestring fry at La Strip requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, present and largely coherent. beef tallow has been employed with discretion. One returns. A return visit is, at this point, a formality. One will perform it nonetheless.”

“One visits La Strip for the atmosphere and departs thinking only of the fries. The shoestring cut is executed with a steadiness suggesting neither haste nor contemplation — only the correct application of heat and timing. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato is present and largely coherent. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. One recommends not visiting for the atmosphere. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”

“The shoestring fry at La Strip requires no introduction, though it offers one regardless: a uniformity of golden color suggesting a fryer calibrated with the attention usually reserved for precision instruments. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, present and largely coherent. beef tallow has been employed with discretion. One returns. The neighborhood offers alternatives. One should not investigate them.”