Best fries (and other fried potatoes) in DMV restaurants?

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Anonymous wrote:I like Shake Shack fries above all others.

I like Shake Shack's fries too -- they are the only ones doing that crinkle cut. So good with their cheese sauce.

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Anonymous wrote:5 Guys

I have literally no idea why so many people like 5 Guys fries.

Sure, you get 5lbs of them per order but they're ALWAYS limp, soggy, greasy, and severely oversalted.

Agreed. I feel like 5 Guys fries is definitely a quantity over quality thing.

If you get them fresh out of the fryer and eat them there, they are the closest approximation to boardwalk type fries. But it's truly rare they are presented that way.

My favorite fries were the way my grandmother made them: peeled, hand cut into thick wedges, soaked in ice water and rinsed, then shallow-fried in crisco in a cast iron skillet on the stovetop.