Edmund Rivera's Chophouse

“The menu at Edmund Rivera's Chophouse contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The steak fry is double-fried in blended. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The portion is forthcoming. The informed visitor is correct. One finds, upon reflection, that the fries were the correct decision.”

“One does not arrive at Edmund Rivera's Chophouse lightly. The steak fry presents itself with the quiet confidence of a thing that knows its own worth. The double-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. The neighborhood offers alternatives. One should not investigate them.”

“Not every establishment in Long Island City understands its own fry. Edmund Rivera's Chophouse understands its fry. The steak format, double-fried in blended, produces a crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and an interior that is earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. Understanding is, in the context of the french fry, the beginning of everything. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”

“The steak fry at Edmund Rivera's Chophouse represents a kitchen with convictions. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior is earnest and specific. The blended does not call attention to itself. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. Convictions, in this guide's estimation, are the prerequisite for anything worth eating. The fry alone merits the journey to Long Island City.”

“On a Tuesday evening in Long Island City, one discovers that Edmund Rivera's Chophouse has opinions about potatoes. The steak format is a declaration. The double-fried exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates the potato's agricultural origins — earnest and specific. The grease is calibrated with clinical precision. These opinions are, on balance, correct. A return visit is, at this point, a formality. One will perform it nonetheless.”