what the West Coast’s got that everyone else should want: Garlic Fries

I have only see/heard about Garlic Fries in California and Seattle. Am I wrong? Can this delicious treat – served in a giant heap – be had elsewhere? I mean, I get it that most US garlic comes from California, but that doesn’t mean it has to stay there. I personally flew some garlic back from Gilroy a few years ago. Iceberg lettuce makes it cross-country every day. It can happen. The Gilroy Garlic Festival, by the way, is very hot. Maybe it’s not hot every year but it was very hot the year I was there and I’ve spoken to others who experienced extreme heat in other years. Bring water. Or, go to the one in Saugerties. It’s less hot and has more or less the same stuff. I’m not trying to be a jerk, or to belittle either one, but these ‘festivals’ are basically street fairs with more garlic. Pardon the sidetracking. Here’s what I set out to discuss: once upon a time the Gordon Biersch guys sold garlic fries at their stand at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Now the garlic, parsley and oil-coated potatoes can be found at their breweries, stands representing the breweries, and stands called “Gilroy Garlic Fries” that happen to sell, can you guess, Gordon Biersch brews. For best results, eat ‘em while they’re hot and crispy.