The Haversham Tavern

Westerly, Rhode Island was purchased in 1660 from a Montauk captain named Sosoa and for hundreds of years was a major shipbuilding port where Oliver Hazard Perry built gunboats, famous for fine-grained granite used for monuments and other fancy stuff, and had a major impact in the textiles and finance industries.

These days it's mostly know as THE TOWN WHERE TAYLOR SWIFT OWNS A MANSION. And beach tourists in the summer. And I guess the Haversham Tavern.

This old-timey joint is a bar/restaurant/hotel/wedding event place/tourist attraction. I didn't really look at anything but the bar/restaurant, which is old-timey looking I guess...

Ah the old standby. Truffle Fries. Almost impossible to screw up. Now, I have to mention here that these fries were on the menu when I went to this joint during my 2 year sabbatical. They are gone now and have apparently been replaced by something called "Waffle Fry Supreme".

Oh my.

Very nice.

 

 

If you are visiting Tay Tay and want some good fries, the HT is probably worth checking out, although I can't vouch for their current fry offerings.

Hell's Kitchen

I generally like Gordon Ramsay. I don't know him personally but he seems okay. So I went to his joint in one of the big casinos with an open mind.

There was this big tv with him on it on the way in. I wish he would yell at you real mad. That would be fun. Instead he was just like "welcome to my restaurant, blah blah blah".

Big place. Kinda empty on accounta we went for dinner around 4pm. Sheesh...old people am I right?

Hey look at that slacker over there on the right. You got time to lean, you got time to clean buddy!

I'm not sure how I even got fries during the dinner service since they aren't on the menu. Maybe I greased somebody. I can't remember. Any way it was funny how the cup of fries and ketchup came on a little black plate. Classy!

They are pretty good. Not sure what I paid for em but they're probably not worth it. 

This is one of the things the joint if famous for. Beef Wellington. It's good.

 I would say get the fries if you're going there anyway. 

Rapp's Barren Brewing - Weird Name, Great Stuff

If you are a fishing person, you probably know that Mountain Home, AR has like fishing on a river there or something. I do not fish, but there is also a great brewery on the old town square that has killer fries. 

Rapp's Barren Brewing has a cavernous interior and Carne Asada Fries.

NICE.

 NICE II

NICE III

 

My buddy ordered a burger. Look at the amount of fries they give you as a side.

 

Mmmmm.

DO IT. 

P.S. The beers are really good. 

Ru-Roh Shaggy!

Shaggy's is a beach bar/restaurant mini chain. We visited the one in Pensacola on accounta we went on a dolphin watching cruise and it was close to the marina. 

They have a funny shark thing out front to take picture with. Heh.

Seafood Fries for $14.99 is about right at a beach joint.

Pretty good. I was surprised at the amount of blackening on the shrimp given how busy the place was. 

I would say it's worth it if you're already in Pensacola. 

Bonchon is Not a French Word

I had been to Bonchon in Maryland a few years ago, but for some reason I never spoke about it here. Must have been during my 2 year sabbatical. Anyhoo, Bonchon opened a location in my neck of the woods so I had to visit. Their fried chicken is BANGING. So you should try it if you never have, but also they have Bulgogi Fries. 

Bulgogi AKA "Fire Meat" in Korean is thin, tender slices of meat cooked with a sweet and savory marinade. In this case the meat is thrown on top of fries with cheese and green stuff.

NICE. $13.99 is steep but it's probably enough for 3 normal sized people.

Also they have really weird appetizers like this Sotteok thing which is little sausages and rice "plugs" on a stick for $2.99.

DO IT. 

MOJO's Revisted

 It's been about 10 years since I talked about Mojo's. The original location (which was like 500 yards from my house) closed but they had opened a second location at the time that is still in business. The second location is like 3 miles from me so I hardly ever go on accounta that's like 30 Fayetteville miles.

Anyhoo I got to hankerin for their wings cause they were super good back in the day and decided to see if they are keeping up their fry game.

Our first thought when we walked in was how clean the joint was. You know how sometimes bar/restaurants have that deep fryer smell and/or the nasty table cleaning liquid smell? There was none of that. And the tables and chairs seemed brand new. Nice.

Basket O' Fries? They must be Irish. $7.50 is kinda steep but inflation blah blah blah. Thanks Obama!

Not bad. Totally different kind of fries than the original location. 

Lightly battered with a weird flat rectangular shape.

Really good.

Excellent lacing on the beer glass (which means the glass is really clean).

And the wings are still rockin.

MOJO's East DO IT. 

ProTip: Their ranch is top notch. 

Friendly Reminder

Lots of weird stuff out there trying to appropriate fry culture. Do not fall victim.

NO NO NO.

That is all. 

Insert Hawaii Lei Joke Here

After 9 days of eating fries in Tokyo, our palates yearned for something tropical. So off to Hawaii we went. The view from our room was pretty sweet.

The hotel's beach bar had some fries that defied all the laws of capitalist consumerism. Now I know what you're thinking. $14 for some fries? You've got to be joking mate!

But wait! These babies are huge, the portion is more that two people can eat, and they are made fresh. The ketchup that comes with them is the bomb as well.

I ate these every day that were there. 

And you can't beat the view.

The next place we tried was the Maui Brewing Company right across the street from our hotel. It's Waikiki so you expect price ridiculousness.

But oh mama these things were worth it.

NICE. The beers are really good too.

While we were sitting there a big parade went by. Musta known we were coming.

 Lotsa bird thieves around this joint...

Next stop was Waikiki Brewing Company. Tsunami Fries? Yes please!

Yowzers! I love how in America this is considered a "munchie". This amount of fries would feed like 4 euros and 6 Japanese.

10 out of 10. 

Hawaii is a fry state. DO IT.

P.S. Pearl Harbor is still there. I thought they moved it.