The Perfect Strip

“The shoestring fry at The Perfect Strip maintains its posture throughout the meal. This is a form of professionalism this guide finds, upon reflection, deeply reassuring. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. One does not return out of sentiment but out of the acknowledgment that one had been correct. One finds, upon reflection, that the fries were the correct decision.”

“One finds at The Perfect Strip a shoestring fry that has been attended to. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. Attendance, as a form of culinary philosophy, is rarer than it should be. The experience is brief and exact, like most things worth having.”

“The shoestring fry at The Perfect Strip does not overstay its welcome. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained, the interior is earnest and specific, and the grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is forthcoming. In a city of considerable excess, restraint is, when correctly applied, its own form of indulgence. The Perfect Strip applies it correctly. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. The Perfect Strip knows this.”

“The double-fry technique employed at The Perfect Strip produces a shoestring fry of commendable and largely sustained exterior and earnest and specific interior. The lard is evident and appropriate. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. 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.”