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Cottage Fries: Quarter or half dollar sized disks, often crinkle cut. They look kind of like pickles.
Found at: JG Melon, PJ Clarke's
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Crinkle cut fries: they may start out frozen but they end up tasting great.
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Five Guys Fries: Made from freshly cut potatoes, fried in peanut oil, served in a Styrofoam cup. Every FIve Guys location features a sign saying where their potatoes came from that day.
Found at: Five Guys
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Curly Fries: fries...that are curly and delicious.
Found at: Papaya King, pretty much every diner around.
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Shoestring fries: super long and skinny fries, best eaten by the handful. Fun to eat, if you're feeling nutty, with a fork!
Found at: The Spotted Pig; PJ Clarke's, Old Town Bar, The Brooklyn Star
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Steak fries: Thickly cut fries, often found in steakhouses and meat-centric restaurants.
Found at: Peter Luger, Brother Jimmy's, various steakhouses around town.
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Cheese fries: Cheese fries are regular French fries covered in melted cheese.
Found at: Bills Bar & Burger, 99 Miles to Philly, Blue Smoke, Crif Dogs
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Poutine: Poutine, a signature Canadian dish, consists of French fries covered in cheese curds, gravy, and various other toppings, like the meat above.
Found at: Mile End, Shopsin's, The Brindle Room, Bobo, Corner Burger
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Weird Fries: These are fries that are not made from any kind of potato. Like these puppies above from Coppelia and Yerba Buena, which are made from avocados, watermelon, and yuca. Zucchini is also another typical substitute.
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Sweet Potato fries: these are fries (or in the above case, potato wedges) made from sweet potatoes instead of regular potatoes. They are orange! And sweetish!
Found at: Blue Smoke, Great Jones Care, The Half King
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Waffle Fries: These fires look like mini waffles and are doughy, often delicious, and fun to eat.
Found at: Chick-Fil-A most notably, but in NYC, they're at BLT Burger, Lodge, 99 Miles to Philly, and others.
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Disco Fries: somewhat related to cheese fries and poutine, disco fries are smothered with cheese and gravy. It's a cousin to the always popular chili fries.
Found at: Bill's Bar & Burger, Jo's, Vynl, Thunder Jackson's
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Standard issue fast food fries: These aren't skinny, they aren't thick, they aren't curly, and they aren't smothered in anything. They're the standard issue, typical, fast food fries.
Found at: All fast food chains, many fast casual spots, dine -
Pommes Souffles: Puffy French fries made by cooking potatoes that have been soaked in water and fried twice, at two different temperatures.
Can be found at: BLT Fish, DB Bistro Moderne. ( -
Air Baked Fries: a healthy option, basically cut fries cooked in an oven, with little or no oil.
Can be found at: The Better Burger restaurants.(
To close out Friday Fryday, here's a food porny slideshow of the 15 types of French fries most commonly found in and around New York City. Have a favorite fry or type? We're currently accepting testimonials in the comments.
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