Odette Petrov's Chophouse

“The curly fry at Odette Petrov's Chophouse 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 aspirational. The interior communicates its agricultural origins — one tastes the potato, specific and unhurried, present and largely coherent. canola has been employed with discretion. One returns. The neighborhood offers alternatives. One should not investigate them.”

“The menu at Odette Petrov's Chophouse contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The curly fry is single-fried in canola. The crispness is aspirational. The potato flavor is present and largely coherent. The portion is restrained. The informed visitor is correct. One returns.”

“The single-fry technique employed at Odette Petrov's Chophouse produces a curly fry of aspirational exterior and present and largely coherent interior. The canola is evident and appropriate. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. The portion is restrained. 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.”