What restaurant do you feel has the world's best fries (poll)?

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  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    My favorite fries ever were some my mom made occasionally when I was a kid. Thin and crispy with soft insides.

    For fast food. McDonald's is good. In n out is good. If I randomly run into a Belgian style fry shop, usually those are very good- if they are truly doing them Belgian style.

    If I go to sonic I get onion rings or tots.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I can't eat fries at most restaurants anymore because of cross-contamination issues, but I remember really loving the steak fries at Red Robin. Basically, they were almost like mini-baked potato stick. Only fried. And they were bottomless, so I could pig out on them as much as I wanted.

    I never liked the fries from McDonald's. They were always old when I got them, and they had ALWAYS been coated with enough salt to make country bacon blush. Five Guys's were always limp and greasy. Wendy's and Chick Filla were much better options as far as fast food was concerned.
  • Mccloud74
    Mccloud74 Posts: 788 Member
    MacDonalds...every time :smile:
  • cs2thecox
    cs2thecox Posts: 533 Member
    McDonalds. Sad but true.

    Also Gourmet Burger Kitchen sweet potato fries with baconnaise. NOM.
  • _pi3_
    _pi3_ Posts: 2,311 Member
    McDonalds or 5 Guys
  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    Fresh, hand cut, with skins on are always the best :-) My friends local restaurant has them, and they are harder to find these days! I like 5 Guys, but don't like the seasoning... I like pure & simple fries!!
  • Morgaen73
    Morgaen73 Posts: 2,817 Member
    In South Africa, and corner fish and chips shop lol
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    edited September 2017
    Love Red Robin for fries. I always save up calories for the potato cakes at Arby's. But an odd find was the tots at Dunkin Donuts. When I take the kids there, I'll get an order of those instead of a donut.
  • Polo265
    Polo265 Posts: 287 Member
    edited September 2017
    nowine4me wrote: »
    Boardwalk Fries (in peanut oil) are my #1 fave from Ocean City, MD. But Five Guys rules for a chain.

    PS - the Green Giant frozen cauliflower tater tots ain't bad.

    I 2nd the Boardwalk fries from Ocean City,Md. YUM!
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    edited September 2017
    In Egypt, they stuff fries in the shawerma sandwiches. Enough said.
  • taziarj
    taziarj Posts: 243 Member
    edited September 2017
    I know it isn't a restaurant, but I prefer my homemade double fried french fries. Fry them at a low temp (325) for ten minutes then up the temp to 375-400 and fry for two to three to crisp them up. They make the best poutine you have ever had! I rarely eat french fries from a restaurant any more.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    Rally's/Checkers

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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
    Hamsibian wrote: »
    In Egypt, they stuff fries in the shawerma sandwiches. Enough said.

    I love shwarmas! That sounds awesome
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    A local pub here called Sal's makes the best fries I've had. I like really thick cut fries so I can taste the potato, but they have to also be very crispy. Not many places can do this well, but Sal can.
  • whitpauly
    whitpauly Posts: 1,483 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    Fries are fries ... they're all the same.

    Blasphemy!
  • sdolan91
    sdolan91 Posts: 250 Member
    Mcdonald's fries and Arby's curlies. Yummm
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,336 Member
    McDonald's. If you want them fresh order them with no salt and add your own. They will drop a new batch since they are salted immediately after being fried unless they have an order for no salt.
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    5 Guys because they're the closest chain approximation to real boardwalk fries around. They even have the malt vinegar.
  • madwells1
    madwells1 Posts: 510 Member
    Pomme frites, NYC
  • jdlobb
    jdlobb Posts: 1,232 Member
    madwells1 wrote: »
    Pomme frites, NYC

    RIP. I remember when the East Village location blew up, literally. The West Village reincarnation just isn't the same.
  • Sunshine_And_Sand
    Sunshine_And_Sand Posts: 1,320 Member
    Jack's seasoned fries and Wendy's natural cut sea salted.
    Chic fil-a's waffle fries are pretty strong too
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
    Chili's regular
    Jack in the Box curly

    McDonald's fries suck.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    BWW's onion rings. Way better than any fries!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    BWW's onion rings. Way better than any fries!

    I like Quaker Steak & Lubes rings better.
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Hamsibian wrote: »
    In Egypt, they stuff fries in the shawerma sandwiches. Enough said.

    I love shwarmas! That sounds awesome

    Awesome doesn't even cover it. There's this Palestinian shawerma spot here at the UMN that stuffs fries in them. Good enough to satisfy that fix every now and then!
  • GemstoneofHeart
    GemstoneofHeart Posts: 865 Member
    BRAUMS
  • orangegato
    orangegato Posts: 6,572 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    BWW's onion rings. Way better than any fries!

    Best beer battered onion rings would be a thread on its own
  • JustRobby1
    JustRobby1 Posts: 674 Member
    orangegato wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
    BWW's onion rings. Way better than any fries!

    Best beer battered onion rings would be a thread on its own

    There are several independents here in Chicago that do un-friggin-believable onion rings, but as far as fast food joints I would have to go with Sonic and probably Arby's. I have gone to the Drive Thru at Arby's for just onion rings before.

    Lost of the casual dining chains do a version of the "bloomin onion" or "onion petals", but I have yet to encounter one that was not too over-seasoned for my taste.
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