Mr. Fries Man
Fast food restaurant · La Cueste ·
Loaded French fries with customizable toppings and big-appetite portions
Loaded French fries with customizable toppings and big-appetite portions
"A fast-casual outpost specializing in over-the-top loaded French fry platters, this concept — fronted by chef Craig Batiste and known for his trademark “HELLLOOOOOO” Instagram greeting — grew from an L.A. food cart into a social-media cult favorite with 21 franchise expansions in five years. The simple, customizable menu piles a mountain of fries with toppings such as chicken, shrimp, steak, bacon, chili, crab, and plant-based meat, and a range of sauces including sweet barbecue, hot Buffalo, lemon garlic, mango habanero, and the house “Smack” and “Hello” recipes. The Flamingo Road spot complements an earlier North Las Vegas location that sold out of ingredients on opening day; it occupies a former 1,350-square-foot Subway space in the Flamingo Market Place near Cambridge Street, sits less than two miles from the Strip, and is open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m." - Susan Stapleton
"Overseen by chef Craig Batiste, whose trademark “HELLLOOOOOO” announcements and nearly half a million Instagram followers have turned the concept into a social-media cult favorite, Mr. Fries Man is a fast-casual tribute to loaded French fry platters. Launched as an L.A. food cart and grown to 21 franchises within five years, the simple menu serves a mountain of fries topped with chicken, shrimp, steak, bacon, chili, crab, and plant-based meat, plus sauces including sweet barbecue, hot Buffalo, lemon garlic, mango habanero, and the house “Smack” and “Hello” recipes. Planned to open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the eastside location will debut on July 24 inside a former 1,350-square-foot Subway store at the Flamingo Market Place on Flamingo Road — less than two miles from the Strip and a short distance from the intersection with Cambridge Street — after a North Las Vegas outpost recently drew huge crowds and even ran out of ingredients on opening day." - Bradley Martin
"I observed that Mr. Fries Man, confirmed for 1040 E. Flamingo Road, replaces a Subway with a compact counter‑service menu focused on fries served with cheese and a choice of sauce and piled‑high toppings such as barbecue, bacon, ranch and chicken, lemon garlic crab and shrimp, a chicken‑bacon‑Parmesan combo, plates topped with honey garlic shrimp and steak, and it will offer a plant‑based option." - Susan Stapleton
"A California cult counter-service favorite replacing a Subway at a Flamingo Road marketplace, the compact operation specializes in large, customizable fry meals served with cheese and a choice of sauces and piled with toppings and proteins such as barbecue, bacon, ranch and chicken, lemon-garlic crab and shrimp, chicken-bacon-Parmesan, honey-garlic shrimp and steak, and also offers a plant-based meat option." - Susan Stapleton
"Posting a trademark “HELLLOOOOOO” to his 358,000 Instagram followers, Craig Batiste is confidently predicting his Las Vegas expansions will debut early in the new year; preparing for January grand openings, the Flamingo Market Place site will serve daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. inside a former 1,350-square-foot Subway store on the east side, a short drive from Maryland Parkway. From a backyard project to a rapidly growing franchise in under four years, Batiste’s compact, counter-service menu specializes in generous portions of fries stacked with ingredients that diners can customize — menu choices include honey garlic shrimp and steak, a chicken bacon Parmesan combination, lemon garlic crab and shrimp, Buffalo ranch chicken, and barbecue sauce upgrades to fried or grilled chicken, and a plant-based meat option is also available." - Bradley Martin
