Raising Cane’s serves mostly chicken and wings type products, though they do have french fries also. And they’re actually kind of unique. Their fries are crinkle cut, a rarity at fast food places, and they’re quite a thin cut as well. This in itself isn’t that unusual, but I’ve never seen a thin cut crinkle cut before, except store bought. They’re perfectly decent, above average in crispiness, below average in salt. Their serving size is pretty small (the picture below is of a double large order), but is also pretty cheap ($1.49). Overall, a pretty decent brand, good for going out with strange people who prefer other things to french fries, but isn’t a must have fry by any stretch.

Price: $1.49

Cut: Crinkle Cut, thin.

Salt: Light

Seasoning: None

As a little kid I never liked Rally’s fries. I thought they were too harsh, too highly seasoned. But that’s changed. As most of the Rally’s in the greater Columbus area were torn down for some reason, I grew to like their taste. They are heavily seasoned, with a straight cut that’s on the thin side. Very crispy, sometimes they’ll even stick together, but it’s no big issue. If they’re salted at all, the taste of it is completely overwhelmed by the seasoning. Given that there’s only 2 Rally’s in the area that I know of anymore, I can’t give an expert’s opinion on the differences between stores (there’s a review in the future that this will matter a lot for). But as an obsessive, my favorite part of Rally’s is their special, the Fry Lovers XL. It’s the pinnacle of simplicity, just french fries stuffed into a large soft drink container. It can’t possibly be healthy, but man does it cater to me.

Location ordered: Hudson and High Street

Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, Fry Lovers XL

Prices: $1.99, $2.29, $2.59, $3,99 (Fry Lovers is by far the best value, if you think you can eat that many. The other sizes are quite small, the large is probably a little smaller than a McDonald’s Medium.)

Cut: Straight, relatively thin.

Salt: Very light.

Seasoning: Heavy and spicy.

Other: Heavy on the crumbs, if that matters to you. Seems to be a bit of a theme among spicy seasoned fries.

Okay, completely different angle taken here. Everybody knows the relative difference between fast food fries and restaurant fries. But given that I’m still a college student, one of the most likely places to get my fix outside of my own home is at the Ohio Union Cafeteria. And given that they’re school cafeteria fries, they aren’t bad. Straight cut, with a slightly wider than normal size. Little salt, with a significant amount of seasoning on them, which actually adds to the taste well. Very soggy though, and really they have no interesting taste outside of the seasoning. These are far from the worst or best cafeteria fries I’ve had.

Sizes: One size.

Price: $2.00

Cut: Straight, slightly larger than normal.

Salt: Light

Seasoning: Paprika (I think)

Other: Perfectly average cafeteria fries.

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