MSP: good sweet potato fries

[Enso]

I've heard of several places that have these--where are they *good*? And, most importantly, say why you think they're good; your sweet potato fries standards might be different.

[karakutie]

Any of the Blue Plate restaurants (Edina Grill for me) and Herkimers. Both have delicious dips to go along with them.

[Enso]

How do I find out what the Blue Plate restaurants are--I've never heard this term.

[MSPD]

Highland Grill, Longfellow Grill, Three Squares, Edina Grill...

[tex.s.toast]

the sweet potato fries at the blue plate restaurants(longfellow is the one i go to most often) can be very good but they are definitely greasy, slow fried wedges. they are hand cut and quite large and somewhat irregular. several of the sauces they make are super tasty for mayo based sauces, but the last time i ate these they left me feeling a bit heavy, but if youre up for it, they are very sweet potato-ey

herkimers sweet potato fries are thinner and of the lighter, battered style (very likely double fried like normal fries should be). im pretty sure there are sesame seeds in the batter. chipotle ketchup is addictive.

ngon bistro also has sweet potato fries, but i didnt get enough to tell you how they are, but they are smaller cut and a good bit more browned than herkimers, though not terribly crispy -its really tough to get sweet potatoes to crisp up well.

[karykat]

I have had them at Ngon as well, as part of a happy hour plate and loved them. (Loved them!) Cut thin, seasoned perfectly, not greasy, lots of sweet potato flavor. But the sample size on the happy hour plate was small and I don't know whether or not they are on a regular menu.

[tex.s.toast]

they came with my dads croque madame at lunch last week - ill bet if you wanted a stand alone order they could probably accommodate.

[kevin47]

I really liked the fries at Smalley's. They had a garlic/parsely/sea-salt coating, and they were crispy and sweet. I don't know that the food is worth the trip to Stillwater otherwise, though. The fries at Highland/Edina/Longfellow are a bit too heavy for me. They have no crunch, with the exception of the itty-bits the fall to the side.

[nlewarne]

The ones at The Nook are very good. You just have to make sure you are there when they have them because they run out sometimes...

[The Dairy Queen]

Wow! I never noticed the Nook had sweet potato fries--I've always been too taken with the regular fries, I guess, to notice. Is this a recent menu addition?

~TDQ

[tex.s.toast]

i too noticed this for the first time recently. judging by their crinkle-cuttedness i would guess that they, like the onion rings at the nook, are purchased and not cut on site. The onion rings and sweet potato fries we saw on the table next to our did not look bad at all, but if a place goes to the trouble of cutting their own fries but is just buying frozen rings and sweet potato fries, i think ill probably stick to the regular ones.

[jfood]

nix the rings for sure TST

[Enso]

What makes them good for you, nlewarne?

[Enso]

Has anyone tried them at Louisiana Cafe?

[ikari]

Hell's Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen- it might just be that the s.p. fries are an apt vehicle for the chipotle dipping sauce but whatever it is, the sweet, spicy, tangy combo works incredibly well.

[Enso]

I'm looking for great fries that can stand on their own. The sauce sounds like a big bonus, but how are the fries? Crinkle cut? Wedges? Greasy? Non-greasy? Battered? Soft? Crispy?