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French Fry Log

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:14 pm
by GORDON
I'm making this list because I can never remember places with good/bad fries. I hate batter dipped. I will go out of my way to avoid them. So here's a logbook.

American Table - Like double batter dipped. Puke.
Bar Louie - Batter dripped. Tots are an option. Were open Christmas, though.
BJ's Brew House - chain - batter dipped. Gross.
Frickers - local chain. Has good crinkle fries. Also a couple other formats, but also genetically pure crinkle fries.
Good Times Bar and Grill - Excellent, thick hand-cut fries.
Hop Cat - Batter dipped. "Most people say the fries are why they come here." Fucking hipsters.
Lucky's - Batter dipped. Have tots as an alternative.
Manhattan Pub n' Cheer - decent hand-cuts. Draft list is IPA heavy. Yuck.
Maumee Bay Brewing Company - Loud, mediocre, and waffle fries. Plus don't forget that time they stiffed us on a reservation.
Nick's Cafe on Reynolds - Good hand-cuts, large portions.
Star Diner - they look like fresh-cut, but I don't think they are. Petty sure they came out of a bag. Were also soggy. When I go to a diner I want crispy frozen steak fries.... not those neglected things.
Texas Roadhouse - Good steak fries.
Twin Peaks - the location in Toledo has transitioned from girls in daisy duke shorts and tight t-shirts, to literal lingerie with garters. Also the thin fries are seasoned. Not great. Maybe ask them to not season next time?
Ye Olde Dirty Burd - Toledo - Good steak fries, decent beer list, tight parking.
Village Inn - Sylvania - Like 4 varieties, not all batter dipped, plus tots. Good smash burg, too.

French Fry Log

Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:18 pm
by TheCatt
Man, I do not like batter-dipped fries. Steak fries - yes; Skinny fries - yes; Batter-dipped - no.

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Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2021 1:20 pm
by GORDON
HATE batter dipped.

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Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:43 am
by GORDON
Bar Louie - Batter dripped. Tots are an option. Were open Christmas, though.

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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:13 pm
by GORDON
BJ's Brew House - chain - batter dipped. Gross.

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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:30 am
by GORDON
Frickers - local chain. Has good crinkle fries. Also a couple other formats, but also genetically pure crinkle fries.

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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2022 9:32 am
by GORDON
Somebody make an app for this database.

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Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2022 4:41 pm
by Leisher
Taco Bell's nacho fries are absolutely disgusting.

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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2022 3:57 pm
by GORDON
Ye Olde Dirty Burd - Toledo - Good steak fries, decent beer list, tight parking.

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Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 8:18 pm
by GORDON
Toledo Zoo switched to batter dipped fries at some point. Bullshit.

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Posted: Thu May 05, 2022 2:33 pm
by GORDON
Good Times Bar and Grill - Excellent, thick hand-cut fries. And the gyro was pretty good. And a decently sized menu.

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Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 10:48 am
by GORDON
Manhattan Pub n' Cheer - decent hand-cuts. Local Toledo place, part of the downtown revitalization. Had an excellent burger. I will return. Draft list is IPA heavy, but they had a decent blonde.

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Posted: Fri May 13, 2022 10:52 am
by GORDON
Someone less lazy than me purchase the domain "batterdipped.com" and get cheap hosting. The entire page is, centered on the page, "Batter-dipped french fries are (f-word in gerund form) gross. Stop serving them." Make sure the page stays alive for at least 40 years.

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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2022 5:16 pm
by GORDON
Nick's Cafe on Reynolds.

Excellent hand-cuts, and they're a large-portion restaurant. My gyro was also huge and excellent.

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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2022 4:12 pm
by GORDON
Village Inn - Sylvania - Like 4 varieties, not all batter dipped, plus tots. Good smash burg, too.

edit - went again on a Thursday night, and the only 3 microbrews I wanted were out. Only had IPAs. What the fuck. Had to get a Labatt's Blue.

French Fry Log

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:37 pm
by GORDON
American Table - Like double batter dipped. Puke.

Star Diner - they look like fresh-cut, but I don't think they are. Petty sure they came out of a bag. Were also soggy. When I go to a diner I want crispy frozen steak fries.... not that.

French Fry Log

Posted: Thu May 04, 2023 9:30 pm
by GORDON
Twin Peaks - the location in Toledo has transitioned from girls in daisy duke shorts and tight tshirts, to literal lingerie with garters. Also the fries are seasoned. Not great.

French Fry Log

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:52 pm
by GORDON
Maumee Bay Brewing Company.

I was enamored of this place, for a while. They are a brewery and restaurant and I really liked one of the beers they brought back from the 1950s and 60s called "Buckeye Beer."

But they're still a bar, and the place has bad acoustics, and it only takes 2-4 drunk women talking REALLY LOUD to blast you out of the place. Happened to us twice.

Plus the food is only mediocre any more (medium burgers delivered well done), and they have waffle fries. So. Yeah.

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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:08 pm
by Leisher
GORDON wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 10:52 am Someone less lazy than me purchase the domain "batterdipped.com" and get cheap hosting. The entire page is, centered on the page, "Batter-dipped french fries are (f-word in gerund form) gross. Stop serving them." Make sure the page stays alive for at least 40 years.
I actually support this.

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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2023 10:03 pm
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:08 pm
GORDON wrote: Fri May 13, 2022 10:52 am Someone less lazy than me purchase the domain "batterdipped.com" and get cheap hosting. The entire page is, centered on the page, "Batter-dipped french fries are (f-word in gerund form) gross. Stop serving them." Make sure the page stays alive for at least 40 years.
I actually support this.
Thirded.