[Kitchissippi]

This being Ottawa, it's impossible to ask where the best french fry shack or poutine parlour is because you'll just be picking a fight. So where's your favourite?

Mine has got to be the shack in the Canadian Tire parking lot in Bells Corners. I usually drop by that place when I'm biking on the Stony Swamp trails and their fries are always perfect, crispy on the outside and moist inside, and not too greasy.

[Norman Bates]

Chez Rejean on St. Joseph in the Wrightville sector of Hull.

Sadly Rejean passed a few years ago before he could enjoy retirement, but his business lives on in a new younger owner/operator.

[Ottawan]

The corner of Sunnyside and Bank, accross from The Mayfair.

[matty14]

Smokey's Fries near Hunt Club and Uplands. Best ever.

[harls]

Ooh I've been to a few.

Frank's Fabulous Fries on O'Connor/Laurier

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The Tzan Wagon on Laurier and Bank

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- Chez Rejean (already mentioned by Norman) It's usually a lot busier than this.. I took this on a Sunday morning.

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- Pataterie Hulloise (at Montclair and St-Joseph in Hull.. if this place ever tries to change into a new business, they will never get the fry smell out... the walls literally sweat grease)

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Haven't tried this place.. I don't even know if it's still open (Wellington St in Hull, right across from Les Terrasses)

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Couple of other ones I frequent are at Bank & Cooper, and further down on the east side of Bank (MacLaren, I think..)

- edit... yet another one just outside of Holt Renfrew too (how classy is that?)

Ugh, my arteries are clogging just thinking about all that fatty goodness..

[Ottawade]

I've also had many a good poutine at M&G's at Bank and Sunnyside. I absolutely love their bacon and tomato grilled cheese.

[Davis137]

The corner of Sunnyside and Bank, accross from The Mayfair.

Best I've tasted in Ottawa so far as well..

[m3i6]

Glens Fries, across from the now demolished Canadian Tire on Richmond Rd.

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=Richmond+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&sll=45.510154,-75.645584&sspn=0.006255,0.014441&g=111+richmond,+ottawa&ie=UTF8&cd=3&geocode=FaZWswId5-p6-w&split=0&hq=&hnear=Richmond+Rd,+Ottawa,+Ottawa+Division,+Ontario&ll=45.396074,-75.744788&spn=0,0.057764&z=14&layer=c&cbll=45.396134,-75.744654&panoid=SsIcz5sRnd0-1RilqoeyXA&cbp=12,208.18,,0,12.62

[Mille Sabords]

I gotta say, those are all good, but I keep going back to the Royal Oak's Spicy Fries. Especially when dipped in hot sauce, they are exceptional.

[lrt's friend]

Whenever I am heading up the valley, I like to stop at Wes' Chip Wagon on Madawaska Blvd. in Arnprior.

[Dado]

:previous:

http://www.yourottawaregion.com/news/business/article/818566--a-step-back-in-time-at-wes-chips


Glen's was a sort of going-to-Canadian Tire ritual. That might just have been the last sidewalk-friendly Canadian Tire in the city, but I digress.