LTH Home

French fries (frites) without any skin on?

French fries (frites) without any skin on?
  • Forum HomePost Reply BackTop
  • French fries (frites) without any skin on?

    Post #1 - October 3rd, 2010, 7:48 am
    Post #1 - October 3rd, 2010, 7:48 am Post #1 - October 3rd, 2010, 7:48 am
    Nowadays you can easily find decent hand-cut double-fried "Pommes Frites" in Chicago restaurants.
    However most of them, following a trend that I personally regret, have some skin left on.
    Any suggestions of restaurants, even diners or food kiosks, that serve old-fashioned french fries with no skin on?
    I'm not talking of course about industrial fries coming frozen from distributors.
    TXS
  • Post #2 - October 5th, 2010, 4:41 pm
    Post #2 - October 5th, 2010, 4:41 pm Post #2 - October 5th, 2010, 4:41 pm
    Cyrano's Bistrot has skinny pommes frites in the French style. No skin. And delicious.

    Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar
    546 N Wells St # 2
    Chicago, IL 60654-8191
    (312) 467-0546
    "You should eat!"
  • Post #3 - October 5th, 2010, 9:57 pm
    Post #3 - October 5th, 2010, 9:57 pm Post #3 - October 5th, 2010, 9:57 pm
    I had some fantastic traditional frites at Bistro Bordeaux in Evanston just the other night. shoestrings, pale gold color, no skin, completely crispy, perfectly seasoned. just a perfect representation of the classic french frite.
    http://edzos.com/
    Edzo's Evanston on Facebook or Twitter.

    Edzo's Lincoln Park on Facebook or Twitter.
  • Post #4 - October 5th, 2010, 11:09 pm
    Post #4 - October 5th, 2010, 11:09 pm Post #4 - October 5th, 2010, 11:09 pm
    I will second the frites at Bistro Bordeaux. Some of the best I've had.
  • Post #5 - October 6th, 2010, 8:53 am
    Post #5 - October 6th, 2010, 8:53 am Post #5 - October 6th, 2010, 8:53 am
    Le Bouchon
  • Post #6 - October 6th, 2010, 8:18 pm
    Post #6 - October 6th, 2010, 8:18 pm Post #6 - October 6th, 2010, 8:18 pm
    Hop Leaf
    Le Creperie
    Publican (memory fuzzy here)
    "eating is an agricultural act" wendell berry
  • Post #7 - October 6th, 2010, 9:03 pm
    Post #7 - October 6th, 2010, 9:03 pm Post #7 - October 6th, 2010, 9:03 pm
    bjt wrote:Publican (memory fuzzy here)

    Definitely no skin. I eat those suckers enough to say with 100% certainty.
  • Post #8 - October 7th, 2010, 12:03 pm
    Post #8 - October 7th, 2010, 12:03 pm Post #8 - October 7th, 2010, 12:03 pm
    yes, and you are reminding me that they taste even more amazing if they've been sitting under one of their roasted chickens and have soaked up all that jugo de pollo.

    bjt
    "eating is an agricultural act" wendell berry
  • Post #9 - October 7th, 2010, 12:54 pm
    Post #9 - October 7th, 2010, 12:54 pm Post #9 - October 7th, 2010, 12:54 pm
    bjt wrote:yes, and you are reminding me that they taste even more amazing if they've been sitting under one of their roasted chickens and have soaked up all that jugo de pollo.

    I don't like chicken juice, but I do like eggs.

    Before & After
    Image Image

    (Two forks does not mean I shared.)

    I wonder if the Publican is serving anything with harissa these days. Two sunny side-ups would have sent the fries with harissa I had recently at Clyde Common in Portland over the top.

    Blackbird and Wieners Circle also have fries with no skin. I'm realizing I have a lot of photos of fries on my phone (which may also mean that I eat a lot of fries). There are some really excellent very almost-naked fried potatoes out there. I say, show me some skin.
  • Post #10 - October 12th, 2010, 3:04 pm
    Post #10 - October 12th, 2010, 3:04 pm Post #10 - October 12th, 2010, 3:04 pm
    The fries at GNR Winner Gene & Judes are fresh cut from peeled potatoes. Now, keep in mind that this is Gene & Judes, a humble hot dog stand, and that there may be a random sliver of skin left on any given potato; but the spuds are pre-peeled before being put through the hand operatied cutter and twice-fried without skins.

    Gene and Judes
    2720 River Road
    River Grove, IL 60171
    708-452-7634
    Steve Z.

    “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
    ― Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Post #11 - October 13th, 2010, 7:37 pm
    Post #11 - October 13th, 2010, 7:37 pm Post #11 - October 13th, 2010, 7:37 pm
    Superdawg's are crinkle-cut, which some people deplore, but they are made from fresh-cut potatoes.

Contact

About

Team

Advertize

Close

Chat

Articles

Guide

Events

more