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| By OnMilwaukee.com Staff Writers |
| Published Oct. 12, 2009 at 3:02 a.m. |
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The votes are in, and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best Dining 2009. The results of this readers' poll, including an editors' pick, are available in this series of articles that run all October long during Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com. T
Milwaukee's Best Fries is a relatively new category for OnMilwaukee.com's annual "Best Of" survey. Based on the results, it looks like our readers were just as passionate about this potato product as we were.
Thousands of you chimed in with votes, deciding by a large margin that Cafe Hollander, 2608 N. Downer Ave., fries up the best frite in town with its very European, and very tempting, offerings. Part of what makes ordering the huge cone of frites at Hollander such an enjoyable dining experience is the sharing aspect; one order is always way too much for just one eater.
Then comes the tough part: choosing your dipping sauces. It's no easy task, as they've got 11 to choose from. Ketchup? Please. Not here. The closest you'll find is the curry ketchup, but we recommend going all out Euro and ordering mayonnaise or the roasted garlicaoli sauce. Hell, you can order them all -- they're only $.75 a pop.
Here at OnMilwaukee.com, we couldn't agree more that these super thin, upscale pommes frites are the finger food du jour. Cafe Hollander got our vote as well. Here are some of your other favorites.
OnMilwaukee.com editors' choice: Cafe Hollander
Runners-up:
2. Saz's
3. Kopp's
4. Sobelman's
5. Comet Café
6. Maxie's Southern Comfort
7. Trocadero
8. Bella's Fat Cat
9. Palomino
10. Honeypie
11. Champion Chicken
12. Murf's
13. Tess
14. Cool Water
15. Mr. Perkins
2608 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
(414) 963-6366
http://www.cafehollander.com/
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Posted by sandstorm on Nov. 23, 2009 at 7:16 a.m. (report)
sorry Z-boy. Wendy's have some sorta weird chemical taste and are probably the worst of all fast food fries. and i really don't care what McDonalds fries their fries in, they were always, and still are, top of the heap. Five Guys are damn good as well.
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Posted by mitchgat on Oct. 13, 2009 at 10:27 a.m. (report)
Cafe Hollander, in general, isn't that great. The fries are typical, if not somewhat mushy. My favorite fries are either McDonalds (fresh from the fryer) or Red Robin... yummy and bottomless.
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Posted by Z_boy on Oct. 13, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. (report)
I repeat: McDonald's fries were some of the best about 30-plus years ago. Somewhere down the line, they switched oils or something, and they're barely edible these days. The fast food place to beat in this day and age is Wendy's. They easily have the best fast food fries on the market, hands down.
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Posted by Southern_Ex_pat on Oct. 13, 2009 at 8:59 a.m. (report)
I am pretty sure Cafe Hollander & Trocadero ( all the Diablos Rojos places) have the same fries. They are good but not great. Not even close the vlamms frittes you get an the frittes stands in Amsterdam.
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Posted by Natemarq on Oct. 13, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. (report)
Hot McDonalds fries are and always will be the best fries in any city!!!! CHAIN OR NOT you got to to respect Mcd's fries even if everything else their is horrible!!
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