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SONIC Drive-In is turning up the flavor with its latest mouth-watering addition: Loaded Queso Fries. This new offering takes its signature hot and crispy Groovy Fries and layers them with creamy white ...

At the recommendation of my brother Grant, our family ordered the loaded fries at Mid City Beer Garden for an appetizer at Sunday brunch. The fries alone, might I say, are excellent — they are crispy ...

Fries are hard to beat as far as side dishes are concerned. Whether fried in duck fat, baked in the oven or coming fresh out of a greasy spoon’s kitchen bumpy with that good salt, we have trouble ...

The second Friday in July is National French Fry Day, and as far as we’re concerned, that’s reason to celebrate. Tasty fries certainly can be found in Birmingham, no matter if your taste runs to plain ...