Nord Pas-de-Calais dominates the ranking
As every year, the Les-Friteries.com site publishes its list of the best chip shops in France. Unsurprisingly, Nord Pas-de-Calais is well in the lead: out of the selection of 10, nine are in one of our two departments.
It is the Frite à Dorer, an establishment located in Wambrechies, which takes first place in this ranking. The typical hut is in 2nd place last year.
On the other hand, the Ch’tite Frite of Raillencourt-Saint-Olle is disappointed: from the first it lands in 8th position.
On the podium, there is also the hersinoise chip shop in Hersin Coupigny between Liévin and Bruay-la-Buissière, and the Chic Frite in Dunkirk.
The only chip shop that is not Northerner is at the foot of the podium, in fourth place, Chez Mel. It is located in Langres, in the Haute-Marne department.
An additional motivation for chip shops
Nelly has been running the hersinoise chip shop for 13 years with her sister, Peggy. “Second in the standings, but the only Pas-de-Calais on the podium,” she says, laughing. “We were first for a few months, we even put a poster on the chip shop for customers to give their opinion!”
She sees this list as “a real plus” which “motivates them to do better every year”. When the classification comes out, loyal and regular customers congratulate them … And of course there is also a commercial interest: “in the days which follow new customers have often seen the classification or the press articles”.
The choice of Internet users
More than 1360 chip shops are listed on the site Les-Friteries.com, which has published this list for ten years.
Several criteria are used to determine this top 10. The votes of Internet users, the opinions of users and the establishment’s seniority on the site are taken into account.
The classification is made through the popularity index of each chip shop. It takes into account the votes of Internet users, the opinions posted by users and the establishment’s seniority on Les-Friteries.com.
In addition to this list, a global ranking which includes Belgian and French chip shops is also produced by the site. It is almost identical to the French top 10, except for the entry of King Snack in Neufchâteau, 1st in the Belgian ranking, which arrives in 9th position.