Any Chili Fries in Seattle?

[tstrum]

Any worth eating that is?

[knowspicker]

On Laredos Grill Happy Hour menu the Brisket Chili Fries are good. It's thin fries topped with beef brisket chili [no beans] and chili con queso.

[biankat]

Loretta's Northwesterner in South Park.

[firecracker]

One of the talking heads kitchen shows was just mentioning Loretta's chili fries this morning. Commented they are delicious and "a real gut bomb".

[MsMaryMc]

Matt's Gourmet Hot Dogs on East Marginal, just south of the First Avenue Bridge--they're not elegant, but they're the closest approximation of Original Tommy's chili fries for about 1,100 miles.

[TheRealEdwin]

Blue Moon Burgers has chili cheese fries that are quite good. They make their own chili in house and hand cut the fries. They even have a separate gluten free fryer if you have gluten allergies. http://bluemoonburgers.com/menu/sides/

[kaleokahu]

Hi, tstrum:

I like the chili cheese tot variant at The Waterwheel.

Aloha,
Kaleo

[fracklefoodie]

I cannot believe I have been in the dark about these tots. I'm a . . . particular night of the week (almost) regular there and have enjoyed the unadorned tots on several occasions. Thanks for the heads-up!

[kaleokahu]

Hi, fracklefoodie:

You're welcome. I've only ordered this twice (I just asked if they would sub tots for fries). Both times I was served a *mountain* of food. What I really like about this dish is that tots tend to stay crispier (at least a lot longer longer) than fries. Big improvement over soggy fries.

Aloha,
Kaleo

[BallardFoodie]

chili is hard around here. I think Slim's is the best.

[Jeri L]

I haven't tried them, but the ones at Uneeda Burger LOOKED really good.

[sweetpotater]

Mike's Chili Parlor in Ballard. No kids, unfortunately. (I don't know what it is about Seattle and kids not allowed in restaurants with bars.)

[Lauren]

Mike's Chili Parlor isn't a restaurant with a bar. It's a bar that serves food.

[sweetpotater]

How about the Copper Gate? They don't let kids in either. I think the distinction is gray, but at any rate, in Baltimore places just like that allow kids.

[dagoose]

Coppergate is also a bar. And it has to do with licensing and the portion of the income that comes from drinks versus food.

[The Chowhound Team]

Folks, it's fine to discuss which businesses do/don't allow children, but please let's not go down the path of discussing whether they should or shouldn't. We removed a couple of posts in that vein.

The debate about kids in restaurants is usually a particularly nasty one here on Chowhound normally, so we ask that people not get it started.

Thanks.

[Lauren]

I understand that but you also removed ones that discuss the laws in Seattle. Can those be reinstated?

[kaleokahu]

They're in a manic phase right now, so don't get your hopes up...