The 5 Best French Fries Around Summit County

Few side dishes inspire the same devotion as potatoes cooked until crisp outside and tender within. Preparation can range from a straightforward hand-cut batch to versions finished with cheese, truffle oil, chile or other toppings, making the familiar potato an easy canvas for a restaurant’s style. Across the county, Best of Summit readers can find them alongside burgers and sandwiches or served as appetizers worthy of an order on their own.

5th Avenue Grille

5th Avenue Grille makes its fries a standard companion to the sandwiches served in its tavern and patio. They accompany choices such as the 1921 Burger, which features a smashed house-blended wagyu patty with cheddar, white onion, pickles, lettuce, tomato and secret burger sauce. Diners can also upgrade to sweet fries. The potatoes turn up elsewhere, too, accompanying entrées such as arroz con pollo and appearing with children's cheeseburgers and hand-breaded chicken tenders. Their recurring role across the menu makes them more than an afterthought to the restaurant's steakhouse fare.

Northside Pizza

Northside Pizza operates as a casual Breckenridge restaurant centered on pizza and other familiar pub fare. The menu gives groups choices beyond its specialty and build-your-own pies, creating a relaxed format for lunch, dinner or a meal after time on the mountain.

Ollie's Pub & Grub

Ollie's Pub & Grub operates locations in Breckenridge and Frisco with a menu shaped around casual pub food and Colorado beer. Burgers, wings and other hearty dishes fit the restaurant's sports-pub format, which also includes indoor and outdoor seating and regular happy hours.

Bagalis

Bagalis gives its fries an Italian-inspired treatment. The restaurant's truffle fries arrive with Parmigiano-Reggiano, sea salt and Chimayo mayo, turning the potatoes into a dedicated antipasto rather than simply an accompaniment. The dish reflects Bagalis' broader focus on Italian specialties, international influences and locally sourced ingredients while giving a familiar comfort food its own place at the table.

Empire Burger

Empire Burger starts with hand-cut fries and offers them both as a side and as the foundation for several loaded variations. Cheddar fries add cheddar and green onion, chili cheese fries combine house-made red chili with cheddar and green onion and loaded fries pile on cheddar, bacon, green onion, sour cream and jalapeños. The restaurant also makes dipping sauces a major part of the experience. Choices range from jalapeño ranch and roasted garlic mayo to curry ketchup, wasabi mayo, green curry and sweet mango chutney, with one sauce included with an order of fries. That range gives diners plenty of ways to customize a side alongside Empire's extensive burger selection.

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