The worst offender: Applebee's grilled cheese sandwich on sourdough bread with fries and 2% chocolate milk.

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No one should leave Montreal, however, without tucking into the decadent local favourite: poutine (fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds).

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The Horseshoe, a specialty of central Illinois, is a piece of toast topped with meat, covered with french fries and drenched with melted cheese.

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To work off that extra order of poutine (a Canadian favourite of fries topped with gravy and cheese curds), the labyrinthine James Bay neighbourhood is a short stroll away.

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They can be preceded by delicious oysters, topped with nouveau extras like grilled kimchee or super-stinky cheese, paired with duck-fat fries, and washed down with one of dozens of craft beers on tap.

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Being close to Canada, Duckfat also offers its own version of poutine, topping those same crispy fries with a heaping of local cheese curd and house-made duck gravy.

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Wild boar with sweet garlic fries mirrors classic steak frites, macaroni and cheese gets dressed up with truffles and Cuban mojo sauce dresses duck with a side of Alsatian rosti laced with manchego.

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Pre-packaged mac and cheese along with the ubiquitous deep fried chicken fingers, hot bogs and French fries are just about all kids can get.

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More accurately, it is a mountain of French fries topped with a steak, an egg and a piece of ham rolled around a glob of melted cheese.

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