The Royal Strip

“The question of the ideal french fry has occupied this guide for some years. At The Royal Strip, one arrives closer to an answer. The wedge fry, triple-fried in vegetable, presents crispness that is architecturally significant and a potato interior that is biographical in its specificity. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. Proximity to an answer is, in this case, sufficient. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. The Royal Strip knows this.”

“In a city of approximately eight million opinions about french fries, The Royal Strip has one of its own. The wedge fry is triple-fried in vegetable. The crispness is architecturally significant. The potato flavor is biographical in its specificity. The grease is conservative — the napkin remains largely decorative. The portion is forthcoming. One visits once and thereafter considers the matter settled. One returns.”

“The Royal Strip occupies a modest address in Carroll Gardens. The fries are, in contrast, not modest. The wedge format is executed in vegetable, triple-fried to a finish that is architecturally significant. The interior is biographical in its specificity. The portion is forthcoming. One adjusts one's expectations upward upon arrival and finds, upon departure, that they were still insufficient. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. The Royal Strip knows this.”