Wet Fries

[Baker, John]

"Wet fries" seem to be diner food, found in pretty much any large city that has diners, but not elsewhere.  I first had them at Boston's well-known Blue Diner around 1993, and they did not at all seem to be a new item.  From the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1/9/88:  "So the club is following a hot culinary trend and will become The Dixie Diner, featuring Dixie Beer and dinner fare such as meatloaf and fried chicken and "wet fries" (french fries with gravy 
or cheese). "
 
John Baker
 

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	WET FRIES--French fries with gravy.  About 70 Google hits, and in the
	newsgroups since 1992 (Kooky's, Miramar Road, San Diego, CA).  Fouund in a
	1998 menu in the LAPL menu collection for The Hat in Pasadena.  Not recorded
	in Mariani's tome.