best fast food fries?
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When cooked correctly, not much beats McDonald’s. It’s a very rare occasion when they’re done right, though.
Freddy’s are great and you get a lot of them.
Not sure if Penn Station is fast food or not, but they are my favorites. They have it down to a science.
Freddy’s are great and you get a lot of them.
Not sure if Penn Station is fast food or not, but they are my favorites. They have it down to a science.
On rare occasions... the crinkle cut fries from White Castle hit different too.
McDonald’s fries before 1990. That’s when they started trying to make them “healthier” and in the process completely ruined their status as the Mack Daddy of French fries in the fast food world.
McDs fries have to be hot and plenty of salt. I always eat them first, then whatever sammich I got with them.
Penn Station are good too.
CFA waffle fries are good also.
Penn Station are good too.
CFA waffle fries are good also.
If Penn Station and Five Guys count, those are the runaway winners.
In the frozen fries category I’d go with McDonalds or Culver’s.
Several places have terrible fries. Steak and Shake, Frddies, A&W are all awful and preclude me from ever eating there.
In the frozen fries category I’d go with McDonalds or Culver’s.
Several places have terrible fries. Steak and Shake, Frddies, A&W are all awful and preclude me from ever eating there.
Off topic - anyone try the KFC fries? They got rid of the wedges and replaced them with fries and they are TERRIBLE.
Yep. The wedges were very tasty. Fries not so much. I still think their green beans are the best thing on the menu. Followed by Mac and cheese and then mashed potatoes and gravy.
The potato wedges at Indi’s are fantastic.
that placed that used to be called Richies on Georgetown Rd had great wedges. I don't' live there anymore and I believe they changed the name.
Five Guys are tops.
Wendy's is close if cooked right
Wendy's is close if cooked right
I have not But I will try them next time I run through there. Their chicken and fried okra are also great.
Arby's curly fries are top notch. I could probably eat about 500 of 'em in one sitting if I wasn't worried about choking to death or becoming a fat.
You know whose fries are absolute trash and have always been trash? Burger King. I don't know why they've struggled so much coming up with a decent french fry, but that crap has been bland my entire life.
You know whose fries are absolute trash and have always been trash? Burger King. I don't know why they've struggled so much coming up with a decent french fry, but that crap has been bland my entire life.
It’s Grimes’s. Still pretty good overall, but they raised their prices. Also, last time I ordered fried mushrooms they gave me fried cauliflower. That’s two strikes, Grimes’s’s’s.
I like the seasoned fries at Arby's and Rally's
I try to avoid fries most of the time with my rebuilt ticker and bad relationship with cholesterol, but I haven't had a really good one in a long time. I'm disappointed more often than not.
The last time we were in Lexington we are at Kenny Rogers Roaster. They had the best sides. It is on Richmond Road
Got bad news Larry. Kenny's closed.
Current rankings:
Culvers - probably the most consistent. Big, fluffy fry.
White Castle - almost as consistent as Culvers. Always fresh and good.
CFA - mostly good, not always crispy
There isn't really any other drive thru worth a shot around here. There are better fries, like McDonalds, but your chance of getting good McDonalds fries are probably less than 20%
Current rankings:
Culvers - probably the most consistent. Big, fluffy fry.
White Castle - almost as consistent as Culvers. Always fresh and good.
CFA - mostly good, not always crispy
There isn't really any other drive thru worth a shot around here. There are better fries, like McDonalds, but your chance of getting good McDonalds fries are probably less than 20%
I liked Arby's curly fries when I was a kid, but over the past 20 or so years, the only times I can think of that I've eaten fries is at Five Guys in Lexington, Rally's in Richmond (and I think Monticello, but I might be remembering wrong), and Penn Station in Somerset. I'm not a fry fan but I like the fries at those places.
Rally’s are the best even if they cook em wrong. Krinkle cut things suck. Wendy’s and BK suck. The rest are decent if cooked right.
I'd try them but no Arby's for me. I had a friend get food poisoning there.....twice. Not sure why he went back after the first time. They also have a sign in the drive through window that says some of their ingredients don't agree with everyone, lol.
This was exactly my vote. But if Wendy’s fries get cold they are trash. Wendy’s has a sign up when you pick up your food to try your fries and they will make fresh ones if you ask. Tots are for 4 year olds