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Céleste Chen's Bar & Grill

Chelsea · Manhattan · Bistro · $$$

French fries at Céleste Chen's Bar & Grill
3.8Score
Very Good
Crispiness
3.5
Potato Flavor
3.5
Structural Integrity
3.5
Saltiness
4.5
Greasiness
Balanced3.5
Length
2.5
Girth
1.5
Portion Generosity
3.0

Cut Style

Thick-cut

Cooking Method

Single-fried

Oil Type

Sunflower

Price

$$$

Sauce Compatibility

malt vinegar

Location

Chelsea, Manhattan · 40.7461, -74.0032

Critical Assessments

The thick-cut fry presents itself at Céleste Chen's Bar & Grill with an unusual degree of self-possession. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior is earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. The portion is reasonable. One accepts the fry on its own terms. Its terms are acceptable. The fry asks only to be appreciated. At Céleste Chen's Bar & Grill, one appreciates.

P. Illingworth·May 2023

One arrives skeptical at Céleste Chen's Bar & Grill. One departs converted. The thick-cut fry is responsible for both. The exterior is commendable and largely sustained. The interior presents a potato earnest and specific. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. Skepticism, as a protective measure, has its limits. This guide has reached them. Return visits are not a matter of choice but of inevitability.

C. Vanthorpe·July 2023
C

Christina's Note

An adequate entry in a crowded field. One visits with calibrated expectations.