--- description: McDonalds testing garlic fries in the San Francisco Bay Area. It features garlic from Gilroy, California, the Garlic Capitol of the World. title: McDonalds Testing Garlic Fries image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbe1552142567138/6988919d0b72e369b56e9321/garlic-fries-mcdonalds.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # McDonald's Is Testing Garlic Fries  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 3, 2016 2:00 PM CUT  McDonald's  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer May 3, 2016 2:00 PM CUT McDonald’s is testing garlic fries at four restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area, the fast-food chain confirmed to TIME. Here’s a description of the new menu item, dubbed “Gilroy Garlic Fries,” from a news release: --- > “” --- The garlic is grown in [Gilroy, California](http://gilroygarlicfestival.com/ "undefined"), known as the [“The Garlic Capital of the World,” ](http://www.garlicworld.com/ "undefined")which is about two hours south of San Francisco. If the trial is successful at these four South Bay restaurants, then the chain will start offering it at the nearly 250 restaurants throughout the Bay Area in August. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4316105/mcdonalds-testing-garlic-fries/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4316105/mcdonalds-testing-garlic-fries/"},"headline":"McDonald's Is Testing Garlic Fries","datePublished":"2016-05-03T14:00:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:03.935Z","description":"In the San Francisco Bay Area","url":"https://time.com/4316105/mcdonalds-testing-garlic-fries/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbe1552142567138/6988919d0b72e369b56e9321/garlic-fries-mcdonalds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdbe1552142567138/6988919d0b72e369b56e9321/garlic-fries-mcdonalds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"garlic-fries-mcdonalds","caption":"","creditText":"McDonald's","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4316105/mcdonalds-testing-garlic-fries/","name":"McDonald's Is Testing Garlic Fries"}}]}] ```