Hello! For the most recent review I decided to take a nice drive out to Johnstown, to check out this place. A small diner, on one of the main roads going through Johnstown, I saw the description and appearance and immediately knew I had to check the place out. So, how was it?

Address: 16 S Main St, Johnstown, OH 43031

Cut: Straight Cut.

Thickness: 5/10

Crispiness: 5.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None.

Price: $1.99/Serving

The fries here are a straight cut variety. Visually, the first thing that stands out is the color variation, this doesn’t affect the taste, and isn’t particularly indicative of the crispiness of the fry area. Fries were very warm when served, but not extremely hot. The fries were well cooked, and had the crispy exterior/fluffy interior that is often highly desired in french fries. Serving size was on the smaller side, but the price was also pretty low, so it balances out pretty well in this regard. This is another place, similar to last week, where the french fry serving size was small compared to everything else. It’s the second week in a row where I was served pancakes that could only be described as outrageously sized. This place fits the definition of greasy spoon as well as any diner I’ve been to, and the decor on the inside was impressive. I’d happily go back, it’s exactly what you’d expect from a small town diner.

Hello! The other day, I got the opportunity to go down to Dayton to go shopping with my wife and see some cool stuff at an antique mall. On the way down there, as good people do, we stopped to get ourselves some breakfast. Just from looking, the area has a lot of diner style restaurants and other breakfast places, so picking one was kind of difficult, and took most of a day to ultimately decide. This was the place that I decided on, a local diner in Springfield, just off of the highway partway from Columbus to Dayton.

Address: 920 Selma Rd, Springfield, OH 45505

Cut: Straight Cut (hand-cut style)

Thickness: 4/10

Crispiness: 4.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None

Price: $2.99/Serving (pictured, two servings)

These fries are a hand-cut variety, with skins present throughout the fries due to this. As is typical from this cut, the fry holds a lot of grease, so you’re definitely getting your daily allotted grease from this meal (in a good way in this case, it definitely helps the taste). Fries were very hot and fresh, the only negative is that some of the fries weren’t cooked all the way through, they had that slight spongy interior texture, that is pretty typical for hand-cut fry varieties, but these were better than average in this respect, I’ve hardly ever had fries of this style that completely avoid this issue. Serving size was slightly small for the price, mostly compared to the rest of the food we received, which was absolutely massive for the price (seriously, the pancakes were the size of my head, and I was dumb enough to order two, won’t do that again). Overall, I’d highly recommend this place, if you’re in the Springfield area, and I will definitely try to return sometime in the future, even though I rarely if ever travel out this way.

Welcome back to a new installment of Columbus Ohio’s finest fries! This weekend I had the pleasure of trying the fries at Beer Barrel, a restaurant with several locations through Ohio. The location I chose to try was the Dublin, Ohio location.

Beer Barrel Pizza and Grill:

Address: 7482 OH-Route 161, Plain City OH, 43064.

Fry Cut: Straight Cut

Thickness: 7/10

Crispiness: 3.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None

Price: $3.35/serving.

Beer Barrel french fries are a thick cut french fry, with very fluffy, potato filled insides, not very crispy overall, but the edges of the fries do have a little more crisp to them than the middle of the fries. Potato skins are present on some sides of the french fries, but the skin overall does not impact the texture of the fries where it is present. Serving size is small for the price, but due to the size and density of the fries, the fries end up being far more filling than the serving size would suggest (as a note, pictured is four single servings). Fries were very hot and fresh, and taste was overall excellent. These would go very well as a side to a main course serving, or with a drink due to how filling they are. Overall, highly recommend these fries, as well as the restaurant in general.

Hello, fellow fry aficionados! It’s good to be back. It’s been over three years since I last made an update here, and that’s simply far too long. Plenty of great french fries have been found over this time, but between starting a life with the wife, moving into a new house, and something called a global pandemic (and simple laziness, I won’t lie), it’s been a while since I’ve updated here.

But no more! Partially because life has settled down (a year in the new house will take up quite a bit of time and energy), and as celebration of two weeks fully vaccinated from the aforementioned pandemic, there was no better way to rejoice than to restart what I love most, finding wonderful french fries from all around.

To be fair, Linworth Diner is hardly new to me, I’m not flying blind into this place. It’s the second location of this diner, the first is George’s Beechwold Diner, which I have already reviewed previously. It’s been open for over two years, and I’ve eaten here plenty of times, but have never put my thoughts to the paper on this place. So, let’s get right to it.

George’s Linworth Diner:

2245 W Dublin Granville Rd (OH State Route 161), Columbus OH, 43085 (corner of 161 and Linworth Rd.)

Fry Cut: Crinkle Cut

Thickness: 4/10

Crispiness: 5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None.

Price: $2/Serving (three servings pictured)

The first thing about these fries that jumps out is not anything about the fries themselves, but the absolutely huge serving size provided, for three servings I got a full sized dinner plate filled several inches high with french fries. Simply put, if you want to stuff yourself full of potatoes for a minimal price, this is the best place I’ve seen yet. In addition, the fries are absolutely fresh and piping hot, which adds to the full feeling received from the fries here. The crispiness is very pronounced on the outside, leaving the inside fluffy soft, as any good french fry should be. There is a mix of occasional potato bruising on the outside, with areas of extra browning from the frying process, but nothing that detracts in any way from the fry texture, taste, or overall quality. There is no seasoning or salt apparent, so if eaten as served, the fries could be considered a little bit plain, but the basic quality here is high.

Overall, these fries are in the top 1/3 of fries in Columbus that I’ve reviewed, and George’s Linworth Diner is a regular stop on my restaurant food selections in the area.

Also, as with a few other places in the area, the waitresses know me and my order by heart, my eating habits probably scare these people half to death.