How the food is made

Every potato is cut by hand in our Allston kitchen each morning. The fries are double-fried the Dutch way. Once at low heat to cook the inside, once at high heat for the crust. Never frozen, never from a bag, never reheated.

Burger buns are baked in-house every day around 11 AM. You can come in early and watch the trays come out of the oven. The halal beef arrives from Hello Butcher in the morning and is ground that same day. We do not store ground meat overnight. Our patties are made fresh and cooked to order.

The kumpir is the slowest item on the menu and the one we are most proud of. Whole potatoes bake for 60 to 80 minutes in an oven we shipped from Turkey. Once a potato is ready, we split the skin, whip the inside with butter and cheese, and load it with the toppings you pick. Just like Ortaköy. Kumpir is available in-store only at our Allston shop, not for delivery. The Belgian waffle mix is also made in our kitchen, not from a box.

Why we are here

Allston is a student neighborhood. Boston University is a 10-minute walk away. Boston College is a quick ride down Comm Ave. Late at night most options are chains, late-night pizza, or driving across the river to find something different. We wanted to give the BU and BC crowd a real option for halal food made fresh.

We are open daily from 12 PM to 2 AM. The kitchen runs the same standard whether it is noon or closing time. The fries cut at 11 AM are the same fries we serve at 1:45 AM. The burgers in our lunch rush are the same as the ones at 1 AM. That part does not change.

The sauces

We make 8 sauces in-house. The full list: FRIES B4 GUYS signature sauce, Amsterdam onion, garlic, truffle mayo, special curry, Andalouse, hot sauce, and cheese sauce. The signature sauce took 10 tries to get right before we put it on the menu. Every fry order comes with one sauce included. Pick whichever one looks good. If you cannot decide, ask. We will tell you what we think.