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The Gilded Bar & Grill

Williamsburg · Brooklyn · Bistro · $

French fries at The Gilded Bar & Grill
2.8Score
Fair
Crispiness
3.5
Potato Flavor
2.5
Structural Integrity
2.0
Saltiness
2.5
Greasiness
Generous4.0
Length
2.5
Girth
4.5
Portion Generosity
2.5

Cut Style

Crinkle

Cooking Method

Single-fried

Oil Type

Blended

Price

$

Sauce Compatibility

hot sauce

Location

Williamsburg, Brooklyn · 40.7085, -73.9640

Critical Assessments

The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At The Gilded Bar & Grill, one arrives closer to an answer. The crinkle fry, single-fried in blended, presents crispness that is commendable and largely sustained and a potato interior that is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. The Gilded Bar & Grill knows this.

P. Illingworth·July 2024

The crinkle fry at The Gilded Bar & Grill does not apologize for existing. This is, as it turns out, the correct posture. The crispness is commendable and largely sustained. The potato interior is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. One admires the lack of apology and returns to express this admiration. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.

V. Prudhomme·March 2023

The crinkle fry presents itself at The Gilded Bar & Grill with an unusual degree of self-possession. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is restrained. One accepts the fry on its own terms. Its terms are acceptable. The address is committed to memory.

M. Delacroix·November 2025

A kitchen that single-fries in blended has made a commitment. At The Gilded Bar & Grill, this commitment is honored. The crinkle fry arrives crisp — commendable and largely sustained — and present as a rumor within. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is restrained. Commitments, when honored, tend to produce results. The fry asks only to be appreciated. At The Gilded Bar & Grill, one appreciates.

W. Cheswick·February 2024
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Christina's Note

One has been. One has formed an opinion. One has moved on.