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If you go to an actual restaurant in France they're all over the place.  They're even more ubiquitous in Belgium where they're a source of national pride. >

That would be pommes frites. More likely to find in a bistro, not a restaurant. Anyhow not resembling at all what goes under the name of french fries in US food chains.
Belgium fries (patatten) are super thick and a bit soft even. And yes it is a national pride so already calling them French is risky. >

To be fair, most of the time I spent in France was getting drunk on cheap wine and passing out in my hotel room so I miiiiight have some skewed perceptions. >

Sounds like a good time, you sure it was France? :) >

I remember buying a weed cookie off a guy a few blocks away from the louvre.  So I was definitely in France lol. >

Maybe not in a fancy/posh french restaurant (or at least not labeled as such), but fries are kind of ubiquitous there otherwise ;)