Five Guys — Restaurant in City of Utica

I am cooling my heels in the dining room of a Five Guys Burger and Fries north of the tollway and the interstate and the heart of Utica, New York. I've never been in a Five Guys before although the nationwide chain might be hard to miss now. I have to admit I like the place. Five Guys serves fresh cut fries. Fresh cut fry wagons along the north shore of Lake Erie made me wonder why Canadians flocked to these portable kitchens. I saw the wagons at all the beaches in the port towns between Windsor and Fort Erie, either surrounded by customers or showing a sold out sign. Next day, with delivery of a few sacks of Canadian spuds, the shack was back in business. I think two factors brought the Canadians to the window in throngs. Fresh cut fries are perfect for drenching with Canadian vinegar, clear apple cider vinegar more acidic than we are allowed to buy in the states. Second, Low costfresh cut fries can be served up in massive heaps, long and thick fries with the skins still on that satisfy so much more than what McDonald's or Burger King offers. I ordered up a small order of fresh cut fries at Five Guys and my order filled half a lunch bag. The bag bears the stains of the peanut oil used to deep fry the fries. I've nibbled on them for about a half hour and I'm still not done. Plus, I've poured malt vinegar all over the long fries, Heinz vinegar straight from the bottle. If I were in charge, I would limit the likes of me to packets of vinegar. But no, I can shake vinegar onto my fries to my heart's content. Sadly, the malt vinegar has a tingling touch on my lips, but not the thrilling tingle of the more potent vinegar from Ontario. Today's fries came from potatoes shipped in fresh from Crapo Farms, St. Anthony, Idaho. A sign posted in the dining room lets all who care to know, know. I would prefer to be on the north shore of Lake Erie enjoying their fries, but the Five Guys fries...

Greet and ordering were fine. Milkshake was not mixed properly and had slurs of syrup in it. Ordered the bacon cheeseburger with lettuce tomato mayo raw onions . Small fries. Arrived with pickles I didn’t ask for but no onions . It was a good burger so I didn’t return it. Got a small cup of fries and a triple order was dumped on top of the bag. Fries were an amalgamation of room temperature clean cut and chunks of what looked like three or four time refried leftovers ., I kid you not. Now the dismay. It cost $45 for two burgers small fries with a small cola and a milkshake.

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