Shake Shack

Just went in on the Meister (DC SS). It was more crunchy onion bits than rings but still really good. Actually, bits are probably even crunchier.

Atlanta got a Shake Shack a few months ago, but I hadn't even realized it until a coworker posted his review on fb today: "Not a shack. The burger and shake are middling attempts. This place thinks a lot of itself, but its basically a seasoned-down, tarted-up Five Guys with milk shakes. 4/10, will not return."

Who's on board with the IPO?

That new burger was always available to people who understand that you can basically do whatever you want with the menu, like ask for the shallots that were offered with the hot dog on the burger.

Most people who don't think much of the place order the shackburger with nothing on it which is not in fact all that great. You need to either order up to the mushroom or bacon versions or down to the cheeseless burger with everything else, and in either case order rare so that you're actually tasting the meat. Most people who think it compares unfavorably to Five Guys lack taste buds.

I think the Five Guys comparison was a knock. Atlanta has no shortage of good burger places at which to dine.

lol not a shack

"I think the Five Guys comparison was a knock. Atlanta has no shortage of good burger places at which to dine."

As does any major city. That is not the category to which Shake Shack does, or pretends to, belong. However, it is at the top of the fast-food burger pyramid and the quality of its ingredients or combinations, when appropriately quality-controlled, can meet or exceed a non-fast food equivalent.

That said, I reserve it for special occasions these days. It may be good, but it isn't health food.

same

I still haven't tried it, having only found out today that it's here. I probably will, though, because HAMBURGERS.

its really good

i might go grab a shackburger tomorrow.

We went to shake shack by barclay's center after a nets game because we had really wanted ice cream and not realized the concessions (blue marble etc.) close well before the game is over. They had some apple pie flavored custard, which I didn't think was very good. Still have never had their burgers/fries though.

update: i grabbed a shackburger.

and...

The shackburger grabbed him

love the shack, never had a bad shackburger. was able to resist the shackmeister--the pull of novelty was defeated by the fact that i actually don't really want fried shallots on my burger.

i really, really want fried shallots on my burger

Things I want 2 try at Shake Shack:

1. Burger w/ crunchy shallots
2. Burger w/ crunchy shallots + cherry pepper slaw
3. Burger w/ cheese sauce instead of sliced cheese

Stevie do you have a favorite Custard Stand?

No I don't think I even know of any!

I like Olympia Dairy Bar (haven't been there since they were bought by Lapp's):

http://i.imgur.com/Ss2xjBR.jpg

but I want to go to Hudock's this summer at some point (haven't been there for like 25? years)

http://i.imgur.com/zy7VEuM.jpg

cherry peppers is the A#1 thing that separates shake shack from the rest of the pack

At the center city one. Not the same as the one in university city

Shackmeister Burger remains divine though, it's true

Treesh we have to go to UC v soon

i'm going to be very upset if we don't win that quizzo eventually

Fuck we shoulda gone during winter break

no. it doesn't count if we don't beat out all the hot drexel students while they're on campus.

we should go next thursday feb 5th

found it's hard to skip lunch, get off at a bus stop across the street from shake shack, and not go in.

i like this shack frost ale a lot

feel eerily close to liberty place. i am used to seeing it from a distance, either in west philly or south philly. my students submitted sonnets today. this really is a great city.

they're playing "Postcard to Nina" now i mean come on

this isn't a fast food chain this is utopia

Stock has been flirting with 50 for a week now. They're planning on opening up in Japan next year.

went to the harvard square shake shack the other night, they played
the knife - heartbeats
dinosaur jr - little fury things
some cut copy song that i didn't know

i got a shake despite not having my lactase pills on me but it didn't even give me indigestion, this shit has mystical properties

drove by the shack on NJ route 4 across from the Tesla dealership

the way we live now

Overheard tourists consuming Shake shack in Central Park :

- do you think they put butter on the grill and then make them?

- I could eat like 10 of these

umami burger es good

One of my best friends roomed in college with the co-founder. He passed on early-stage/seed investing TWICE. Sucka.

Non-upscale local burger joint now serving burger topped with stuffed mushroom a la Shack

saturday, $5 burgers and beer for all local grad students. so excited. it's going to be packed.

sorry five dollar all you can eat burgers and beer and maybe fries

holy shit

double checking the email, it's actually unlimited of anything on the menu. trembling with excitement rn

oh wait, turns out i had to buy a ticket and they're sold out now. never mind

ugh wtf

steve are you free to get shake shack at like 7 or so

I am not, I work til 8:30 and then my girl Molly and I are going out :(

like an actual human girl named Molly I mean

lol