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.