Welcome, to a new review, on a new Saturday! This time, I traveled down to Lancaster, about a 30 minute drive away from Columbus, and went to an old standby cafe, to review for the first time. This is Deb’s Corner Cafe, a diner in the central residential streets of Lancaster, and in past experiences has treated me very well. This is my official review of their fries.

Address: 537 N Broad St, Lancaster, OH 43130

Cut: Straight cut (hand-cut style)

Thickness: 5/10.

Crispiness: 3.5/10.

Salt/Seasoning: None.

Price: $2.29/serving (two servings pictured).

These fries are a hand cut variety, straight cut, Average thickness, and light crispiness. The defining characteristic is the greasiness. The greasiness is visible even through the photos. This is a recurring issue with the cut, for some reason the grease from frying really likes to stick to, and absorb into, fries of this type. The texture of the interior is slightly rubbery, doesn’t quite have the fluffiness that would generally be considered ideal. But the fries do have a very good taste profile, and were very fresh and quite warm on serving. Serving size is definitely above average, and the entire menu that I ordered was very big serving sizes for the price. This is definitely a place that will give you a large and hearty meal. Overall, these weren’t the best fries that I’ve ever had, but I would still recommend this place if you’re in the Lancaster area.

P.S: As noted, I’ve had these fries multiple times before, and each time before the fries were a good amount better in preparation and taste/freshness. I have pretty good reason to believe that the actual quality is somewhat better than noted in this review. If I go back, there will be an addendum to this review, if something notable changes.

Hello, this is the special second review of today! This review is of a local biscuit shop in the Short North, Boxwood Biscuit Company. Before our day yesterday, we decided to get some breakfast snacks here, and I wanted to try out the fries here. How were they? Read on to find out.

Address: 19 W Russell St, Columbus, OH 43215

Cut: Wedge? Potato Chip? It’s kind of impossible to say.

Thickness: X/10.

Crispiness: 6.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: Very light salt, no seasoning.

Price: $3.50

So, to get it out of the way, these fries are amazing, if you can call them fries. A unique hybrid of fresh fried potato chips, and potato wedges, the crisp to these fries is absolutely amazing. It really is like eating hot, fresh potato chips that were cut to about 3-4 times potato chip width. The crispy layer is very thin, giving way to a substantial potato that is cooked as well as any wedge I’ve ever eaten, and the taste is amazing as well. The very light salt adds extra flavor that isn’t even needed, though highly appreciated. The texture is absolutely unique as well, the curve on the fries basically makes every fry feel like a perfect sized bite. The serving size is pretty small, but I’ve got far more expensive fries in this area for the same amount, it really isn’t that bad considering this. These fries easily win most unique fries I’ve had, and are a likely candidate for best fries as well. They’re that good. Anyone who likes fries (or biscuits, for that matter) should go here.

Hello, and welcome to part one of a weekend two part review (the second will be up later today). The first review today was a place we stopped for lunch at yesterday, Plank’s Bier Garten in German Village.

Address: 888 S High St, Columbus, OH 43206

Cut: Straight Cut (fast food style).

Thickness: 5/10

Crispiness: 3.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: Very light salt, no seasoning.

Price: $5.49 (large size).

The first thing about these fries is a bit of terminology, I call these style of fries, where the skins are bumpy/rough textured, fast food style fries. This is what the Ore Ida bagged fries with this style are called, and I see no reason to argue with them. It’s a pretty common style of french fry for a bar setting, and that’s what we have here. First thing to note is that these are pretty far toward the not crispy side for the type. Usually fries like this have significantly more crisp. Not to say there’s none, there’s a pretty satisfying initial crisp, but it gives way quickly to the rest of the very substantial, potato interior. The interior texture is very good, very satisfying flaky interior. These are definitely better fare than the standard pub fries, which honestly tend to serve as a vehicle for soaking up alcohol. Very light salt, no seasoning, price is pretty high for the serving size, but that’s standard for the area. Would definitely recommend, but considering the food options in the area, there’s probably something better just based on how much good food is in the area, I just haven’t found it yet.

Hello, and welcome back to the regularly schedule weekend edition of Tyler’s French Fry Thoughts! For this weekend, I chose to check out this place, Paul’s Fifth Avenue. I have never been to this place, never heard of this place, and when I first saw it, I was amazed that a place like this had been so close to me for so long, and I had never even considered of going here. So, I went ahead and got that fixed, and here’s my review.

Address: 1565 W 5th Ave, Columbus, OH 43212

Cut: Straight Cut

Thickness: 5.5/10

Crispiness: 5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None

Price: $2.99/serving

The first thing I noticed about the fries here is that they were very well cooked, very hot on serving. The fries had the exact crispy exterior/fluffy interior that is considered ideal. There was some minor potato bruising, visible on the picture, but it did not affect texture or taste. There isn’t too much to say about these fries, the fries are very high quality, but they are definitely on the plain side, which in this case is hardly a major issue, considering the fries themselves are high quality and cooked very well. The serving is fairly small for a $2.99 price point, but they are quite filling for the amount given.

Hello! Welcome to a special weekday edition of fry reviews! For this review, I went to a place that I’ve noticed while driving through Clintonville and Worthington many times before, but never stopped at, and for months at a time, forgot it existed. This is Over The Counter Restaurant. From the outside, the place looks abandoned, like nobody’s so much as stepped in there for years, also it’s in an unusual location, away from downtown Worthington, but far enough away from the core walking areas of Clintonville that few of them ever venture up this far. Also, the place has unusual hours, open 3 hours near lunch, and 3 hours near evening. But enough of the area, how was the food?

Address: 5596 N High St, Worthington, OH 43085

Cut: Straight cut (hand-cut style)

Thickness: 4.5/10

Crispiness: 4.5/10

Salt/Seasoning: Very light salt, and (per the menu) rosemary oil.

Price: $3.99/serving (pictured two servings)

First off, the fries were very tasty, I probably wouldn’t have noticed the rosemary oil unless it said so on the menu, but seeing it there, the subtle taste of it was easy to discern. These were lightly salted, and were pretty light on the attached grease for hand-cut style fries. The fries were served in restaurant name branded baskets (I thought this was a nice touch), and were all around tasty fries. Fries were cooked well, and served very warm. Size of the serving was proportional to the relatively high price. As is typical for hand-cut fries, skins were present, and had slightly thicker insides (as opposed to what’s usually considered the ideal, light and fluffy insides). On the bottom of each serving (totaling about 1/6 or so of the serving amount) was some leftover small skins and assorted potato pieces. This isn’t a negative so much, but the first place that systematically gets rid of these will get a shout out on here. Overall, very good fries, and I would definitely come back again.

Hey everybody, welcome back to a new installment of fry thoughts for your consumption! Yesterday morning my wife and I went out to this place, Ma-Maw’s diner, about a half an hour outside the city. I like a good drive almost as much as I like my morning plate of french fries, so it’s good to get out and see the area.

Address: 1001 S Main St # 4, Baltimore, OH 43105

Cut: Straight/Shoestring (hard to tell in this case, it’s borderline in the classification)

Thickness: 3.5/10

Crispiness: 4/10

Salt/Seasoning: Light salt, no seasoning.

Price: $2.49/serving.

The french fries here are branded as Brew City Fries, and to be honest I don’t know if that means anything in particular, or if it’s just something they call the fries to sound cool, but the best thing about the fries here is that for a fry that is almost a shoestring cut, they’re very substantial on the inside. A lot of diners, if they use a thin cut, due to the re-use of the oil and having to fry many different types of foods, the fry will come out overly crisp on the outside, and the inside will be almost hollow. This did not happen here, the fries almost feel creamy on the inside (this is a very good thing). The serving size is slightly small for the price, but not by much. The fries were served very war, but not piping hot, and tasted very fresh. Overall a very good experience, though by my experience the fries were the best part of my order (contrary to some beliefs, I do eat other things when I’m doing these reviews).