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GARLIC FRIES

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Taste: 4/10 (8/10 if you LOVE garlic)
Crispiness/Texture: 7/10
Presentation: 5/10
Ambiance: 9/10
Service: 4/10
BFG Factor: 5/7
BFG RATING: 34/57 (38/57 for garlic lovers)

JOHNNY ROCKETS

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Taste: 4/10
Crispiness/Texture: 5/10
Presentation: 4/10
Ambiance: 9/10
Service: 4/10
BFG Factor: 5/7
BFG RATING: 31/57

Let me start by saying this; I am a HUGE Yankee fan. The new stadium is a palace fit for the baseball royalty that the Yanks are, but the fries and service? There were long lines on everything except regular stuff like hot dogs, pretzels, and popcorn and I missed a Derek Jeter homerun waiting for the Garlic Fries. :(

Speaking of which, the Garlic Fries live up to their name. A LOT of garlic and no salt. I suggest you stay away unless you reeeaally love garlic.

Johnny Rockets fries were nothing special. They come out the same way they went in so you have to add your own salt and pepper and a healthy helping of Good Ol’ 57.

McFadden's NYC

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Let’s get down to Beez-Nass. My eyes lit up when I saw “Spicy Curly Fries” on the menu. What’s better than fries, you ask? Curly Fries. And what’s better than curly fries? Spicy curly fries. I was practically drooling at the thought of them, until they came out…

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BFGs 35 of 57
Place: McFadden's 42nd and 2nd Ave
Taste: 4/10
Crispiness/Texture: 4/10
Presentation: 5/10
Ambiance: 8/10
Service: 8/10
BFG Factor: 6/7 (Incredible drink special and awesome staff)

“There wasn’t too much flavor,” said one innocent bystander. “Actually more oil than anything and they were too crispy for so little flavor. They were supposed to be spicy curly fries but there were no spices :( We needed a lot of salt and pepper and 57 for decent eating.” I couldn’t agree more. If the menu had said “Crispy Waffle Fries”, this is a different review. Unfortunately, they need to do a better job of managing expectations. Oh, and actually serving what’s on the menu.

We came because my buddy Brandon won a half price happy hour (Email my friend Dina dina.mcfaddens@gmail.com for more info). Translated that means Jack and Cokes and Vodka Cranberrys for $4. Translated that means DRINKS ON ME!! My little brother JR had just finished taking his MCATs aka he's a future doctor. So I did what every forward-thinking, alcohol-guzzling, fry-eating critic would do... I put a down payment on my future hospital bills.

Ode to That Good Ol' 57

As my faithful Fry Kids already know, I rate bar fries on a scale of 1 to 57 (thanks to @JamieWarner for the idea). I’m sure you all are just dying to know why I’ve chosen this obnoxious number. Well, 57 is the number you will find on every bottle of Heinz Ketchup. My choice is fitting since ketchup is the perfect companion to the French Fry and, of course, any friend of the French Fry is a friend of mine.
Ketchup aka “Good Ol’ 57” is perfect because it satisfies all five tastes of your precious palate. That’s right FIVE. It is salty. It is bitter. It is sweet. It is sour. And the ripe tomatoes used to make it gives it the fifth taste umami which is the full-bodied taste that “turns a soup from salt water into a food.” This quote says it best:

“The taste of Heinz ketchup began at the tip of the tongue, where our receptors for sweet and salty first appear, moved along the sides, where sour notes seem the strongest, then hit the back of the tongue, for umami and bitter, in one long crescendo.”

That’s music to my tongue…

Read the full article The Ketchup Conundrum by Malcolm Gladwell

Village Pourhouse Downtown: So nice I had to do it twice!

BFG FryCap
Place: Village Pourhouse 63 3rd Ave at 11th St.

BFGs: 45 of 57
Taste: 8/10
Crispiness/Texture: 8/10
Presentation: 8/10
Ambiance: 7/10
Service: 8/10
BFG Factor: 6/7 (more Beer Pong :) )

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On my boy Jamie’s birthday, I got a text that read “Open bar tonight at Village Pourhouse from 7-8, just do the following…” It was from my good friends at @BuzzTxt who do drink specials and open bars just for showing the hostess a text message on your phone at the door. (Text BTX to 95495 to join) I have no idea how it works, nor do I care. All I know is it is very easy to lose count of how many drinks you consume when you don’t have to pay for them, like [insert tasteless joke about girls at bars here].

This is the Village Pourhouse located downtown on 3^rd Ave and 11^th Street. It is classier than its 109^th Street fraternal twin but the menus are identical. Do you know what that means Fry Kids? Another order of Village Pourhouse Smothered Fries! (Check out the review from the previous posting for more on this Three Cheese and Bacon creation.) Then we all stumbled, erm, “walked” to Bar None on 3rd and 13th for a few games of beer pong and great music.