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great fries - where can I find some?

2 posts · Nov 14, 1993 to Nov 18, 1993

AnonymousGeneral Videotex CorporationNov 14, 1993
>Someone wrote:

>>This is an odd request, I know......but I am a french fry connoisseur, and
>>I'm trying to find out if there are any restaurants which have a particularly
>>innovative way of dealing with the humble potato.  I live in Boston, but have
>>been known to venture further afield if there's so much as a rumour of
>>tasty fries somewhere!

>>Please give me some ideas of where I might find excelent examples of my
>>beloved fries.....thanking you in advance.

If you are in Chicago, take the elevated train up to Evanston and get off at the Main Street stop. Right across the street on the northeast corner is a Greek place called Cross-Rhodes. They do these wonderful big steak fries that are cooked until  they're nice and crunchy, and then they soak them lightly in lemon juice and oregano. Really great!

timburke@delphi
Barry A.University of Illinois at Chicago, ADN Computer CenterNov 18, 1993
Someone wrote:
>
>>Someone wrote:
>
>>>This is an odd request, I know......but I am a french fry connoisseur, and
>>>I'm trying to find out if there are any restaurants which have a
>particularly
>>>innovative way of dealing with the humble potato.  I live in Boston, but
>have
>
>If you are in Chicago, take the elevated train up to Evanston and get off
>at the Main Street stop. Right across the street on the northeast corner

Nope.  No.  Uh-uh.  Sorry.

When you're in Chicago, the best fries are at a place called the Doggie Diner on Armitage, just 3-4 blocks east of the Armitage "el" stop on the near north side.  My friends and I have thought their fries are the best for many years, and this year, the New City newspaper confirmed it in a reader poll.

Barry knoze fries.

Barry Aldridge
Hey, you kids, cut that out.
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