Hello, and welcome back! For this fry review, I went to a place that I’ve seen on the side of the road many times, but never actually went to. Today, we review Buckeye Express Diner, a train car of a diner off of I-71 near Bellville, Ohio. Definitely a very unique design for a diner, how was the fries?

Address: 810 OH-97, Bellville, OH 44813

Cut: Straight Cut (hand cut style)

Thickness: 4/10

Crispiness: 3/10

Salt/Seasoning: None.

Price: $2.69/serving (two servings pictured)

These fries are hand cut style, thickness wise they’re on the border between a standard cut and a shoestring cut. So, fairly thin, but not excessively so. The fries are well cooked on the interior, especially for the cut and type, but not quite flaky on the interior (fries of this style have a tendency to be a bit rubbery on the interior, and these avoided this pitfall). Fries were definitely a little bit greasy, but far from as bad as the hand cut fries can be. Serving size is above average, quite a good helping of fries provided, and at a very reasonable price. Overall, a very good fry and definitely a place I would go to again.

P.S. This place calls itself a diner, but serves no breakfast food, it is a fries/burger joint at heart, so keep that in mind if you’re going.

Welcome back to another fry review, the second one in three days! I’ve been working hard to find more fry places and give my readers more of what they want, but this place was actually in the works for a long time, I just could never find the right time to go here when they served fries (they don’t serve fries on Sunday, and only for lunches on weekdays). In other words, it took a few times going here to get the timing right. So, the long awaited Anne’s Kitchen fry review is as follows.

Address: 240 N Liberty St, Powell, OH 43065

Cut: Crinkle Cut

Thickness: 6/10

Crispiness: 5/10

Salt/Seasoning: None.

Price: $3.25/serving (two servings pictured)

Overall these are quite good fries. Crinkle cut, about a 6/10 thickness, and fairly crispy for the size (about a 5/10). Served hot and fresh, with an appropriately flaky interior. A decent serving size, but not a particularly large amount of fries for the price either. No salt/seasoning and there isn’t anything particularly special or unique about the fries, just very well cooked fries without a hint of any sogginess or lack of cooking time you may see in other fairly thick fries. These fries are very good and overall were worth the wait. Would highly recommend if you are in the downtown Powell area.

Hello, and welcome to a new fry review! This time, the location is The Pancake House. A local diner up in Lewis Center, I went last weekend to check out the food, and of course review the fries. So how were they?

Address: 1182 E Powell Rd, Lewis Center, OH 43035

Cut: Straight Cut (tavern style, per my own parlance)

Thickness: 5.5/10

Crispiness: 4/10

Salt/Seasoning: None

Price: $3.69/serving.

The first thing is that this is an unusual style of fry for a diner, usually this kind of fry with the heavy breading on the sides, and flaky exterior is a bar/tavern fry (I honestly think at least around here, everyone who serves this kind of fry has the same supplier, they’re that similar). For these fries, they’re pretty low in crispiness and have a very flaky interior. They were served warm, but not hot. Cooked pretty well overall, didn’t have the extra grease that is often present on these type of fries, and they have a very pleasant mouthfeel. The biggest negative is the price, $3.69 for a serving that is small for a price of a dollar less than that. Otherwise, I would recommend these fries, and the rest of their breakfast food has a pretty wide variety that almost anyone could find something to like out of it.

It’s time for a new fry review! My wife and me spent a nice day on Saturday exploring the area around Delaware (went to a really cool plant place among other things), and while on the trip we stopped at this place for breakfast, Eclectic Diner & Sweeterie. I had never heard of this place before, and as it looks like an old school diner, I was very excited to try the food. So, how was it?

Address: 755 U.S. Hwy 23 N Suite G, Delaware, OH 43015

Cut: Straight Cut (hand cut style)

Thickness: 4.5/10

Crispiness: 5/10

Salt/Seasoning: Moderate/heavy salt.

Price: $2.99/serving (two servings pictured)

These fries were… disappointing. Very much so. The fries appear to be well cooked from the outside, and were served warm, but that’s where the good qualities end. The fries had a *very* dry interior, so much so that it was reminiscent of fries that are cooked after having freezer burn. This is not a particularly pleasant taste or texture. I suspect the cooks may be aware of this, as the fries were doused with a pretty high amount of salt, and the salt was the only thing that provided much of a taste, though too much so in this case. The fries were warm, but did not taste very fresh, and the serving size was fairly small on top of that. This is the first fries in the 5+ years that I’ve reviewed fries, that I didn’t actually finish (though probably not the absolute worst review I’ve had). If there’s a saving grace, the other food here was very good, the pancakes were terrific, and my wife really liked the toast. It’s just a bad thing with the fries here.