BOISE FRY COMPANY
111 Broadway, Suite 111, Boise, 495-3858
3083 S. Bown Way, Boise, 965-1551
www.boisefrycompany.com
Fledgling Boise Fry Co. is the king of fries, taking top honors three years in a row.
Each week, customers of the fast-growing business, which added a second location on East Boise’s Bown Crossing in late December, consume about 2,000 pounds of potatoes (russett, gold, purple, sweet, yam, etc.). The fries are made from fresh-cut potatoes, not frozen, and they’re cooked in peanut oil.
“Fries and burgers shouldn’t have to be unhealthy,” co-owner Blake Lingle says.
All-natural fruit sodas made in-house were recently added to the menu; flavorsinclude mojita, sparkling raspberry/lemon limeade and root beer. Their trademark organic whole-wheat potato buns — yes, there’s potato in their buns, too — are now made fresh daily at the Bown site.
Boise Fry Co. offers a dizzying array of choices in fry cuts (shoestring? curly? regular?), salts/seasonings and dipping sauces (blueberry ketchup or maple marshmallow?). There are more than 100,000 variations.
The fries may get top billing, but Boise Fry Co. sells an almost equal number of burgers (bison, beef, vegan).
HONORABLE MENTIONS
• Five Guys Burgers and Fries, 1587 N. Milwaukee St., Boise, 658-4930; 2830 N. Eagle Road, Meridian, 288-2797; 321 S. Eighth St., Boise, 429-8776, www.fiveguys.com
• McDonald’s, multiple locations, www.mcidaho.com
• Red Robin, multiple locations, www.redrobin.com
• Westside Drive-In, 1939 W. State St., Boise, 342-2957; 1113 ParkCenter Blvd, 424-0000, www.cheflou.com
