The Distinguished Chip

“The matchstick fry at The Distinguished Chip does not overstay its welcome. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained, the interior is earnest and specific, and the grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. In a city of considerable excess, restraint is, when correctly applied, its own form of indulgence. The Distinguished Chip applies it correctly. The fry alone merits the journey to West Village.”

“At The Distinguished Chip, the matchstick fry is taken seriously in a way that does not announce itself. The single-fry method produces an exterior that is commendable and largely sustained. The interior is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The seriousness, once recognized, is irreversible. One proceeds. One is glad one did.”

“Not every establishment in West Village understands its own fry. The Distinguished Chip understands its fry. The matchstick format, single-fried in peanut, produces a crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and an interior that is earnest and specific. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. Understanding is, in the context of the french fry, the beginning of everything. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.”