The Golden Room

“The menu at The Golden Room contains many items. The informed visitor orders only the fries. The matchstick fry is double-fried in blended. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato flavor is biographical in its specificity. The portion is excessive in a way this guide finds, on reflection, appropriate. The informed visitor is correct. One visits twice. The second visit confirms the first.”

“On a Tuesday evening in Red Hook, one discovers that The Golden Room has opinions about potatoes. The matchstick format is a declaration. The double-fried exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior communicates the potato's agricultural origins — biographical in its specificity. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. These opinions are, on balance, correct. This guide recommends the fries and nothing else. This is sufficient.”