I Am A Fancy Pants

I was in DC a few months back and had dinner at a fancy schmancy steakhouse that's located inside the MGM Casino near the National Harbor. Normally I wouldn't mess with joints like this but it was a family thing so it's ok. 

Bar that looks like a library...check.

Casino style booths....check.

Steak Fries with Housemade Ketchup? I do believe I will thank you very much. $10 is the equivalent of like 25 cents in this place.

NICE. They came in a little pot. Decent amount and the ketchup was awesome. There was also another sauce that I think they call "Beer-Naise". It was good too.

Very nice.

I have to say that this joint is expensive, but the service was over-the top awesome and the food was all really good. I had the hot honey chicken and it was incredible. If you ever have a chance (and the funds) to try this place, you should DO IT.

By the by, my son ate an $82 16oz wood-fired ribeye steak and declared it "Meh".

Yee Haw it's the Cadillac Ranch!

 A good while back I was in DC for a thing and I was staying in a swanky hotel near the National Harbor. There was this theme place across the street that looked hilarious so I gave it a go. It's a chain but as far as I know there are only three locations at the moment.

It looks like a tacky steakhouse in Amarillo. 

AND THEY HAVE A MECHANICAL BULL RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE JOINT. 

Now you have to realize that this area of DC is pretty swanky so I was not surprised that the loaded fries were priced to keep middle class people away.

But I was surprised at the insulting portion size. 

$12.50 for this. And they were meh.

DO NOT DO THIS.

The only reason to go here is to see a lady fall on her head trying to ride the bull. Which she did.

Dogs and Fries - What a Country!

So there's this bar/restaurant under a highway in Kansas City called Bar-K that is dog friendly. Get it? BARK?  They have a huge area for dogs to run around and poop and bark and hump each other. It's a hoot. Meanwhile, you sit there and eat fries and drink beer.

 

Their "Signature Fries" are $11 and come with a bunch of sauces.

The fries are pretty good but I should note that I forgot to take pictures of the sauces. They really "made" the whole experience.

Pretty good.

I'm not sure these are worth $11 but it's a pretty nice scene. 

Be warned that if you don't have a dog with you the dog people will look at you funny

Taco Bell is Run by Aliens

Okay my well deserved hiatus is over. A year is a short amount of time when you are doing fry research. Anyhoo, Taco Bell will not stop. Even after all my complaints and advice, they just seem to want to destroy the fry world.

Their most recent travesty is a call back to the first time they decided to hate on us with Nacho Fries.

You give them $2.99 (or thereabouts I can't remember) and they give you a soggy box.

Filled with slimy faux potato substance covered in toppings that had apparently previously fallen on the floor.

And why are they only in the Northwest part of the box?

I chose the steak option cause I thought it would be fancier. That "steak" is like old tree bark flavored chewing gum scraped off a Detroit city bus seat.

No.

Do not eat. Bad.