What we're eating: Tornado fries

👋 Travis here. I'm like most folks — I like potatoes in pretty much any form. So imagine my delight when I saw this spiral-shaped spud.

Dig in: City Market Coffee Roasters announced its "tornado fries" in April, with three flavors — salt and vinegar, barbecue bacon and elote.

• The comfort food creation goes by many names, including potato tornado, rotato potato, potato on a stick.
• It's part of the cafe and eatery's summer menu.

What we tried: The elote tornado ($9) was doused with a creamed corn sauce, with the potato spirals both crispy on the edges and delicately soft on the inside.

• This is a snack for an empty stomach — I was medium hungry, and couldn't quite finish the whole thing, despite its deliciousness.

💭 Travis' thought bubble: I remember potato tornadoes were all the rage at Mizzou during State Music Festival, so this was a fun throwback.

• I'm not aware of any other place around KC selling these, and Googling "potato tornado Kansas City" just pulls up stories about "potato-sized hail."

If you go: The store is open every day 6:30am–5pm.