Disco fries

Disco fries are an American diner dish of french fries covered with brown gravy and melted shredded cheese, most often mozzarella. They are tied to New Jersey, where the Tick Tock Diner in Clifton is credited with putting the name on its menu in the 1970s, and where the dish remains a staple of late-night diner cooking. The original diner version used melted mozzarella and brown turkey gravy, and the name comes from its popularity as a late-night snack among young crowds coming home from disco nightclubs. Some cooks substitute cheddar, Gruyere, provolone or American cheese for the mozzarella. In the 2020s the dish spread to restaurants across the United States, with new versions topped with massaman curry, five spice and chicken gravy, or brisket with pho gravy. It is often compared with Canadian poutine, from which it differs mainly by using melted cheese in place of cheese curds.