Ever year for St.Patricks day my parents would get all the kids a shamrock shake, we very rarely went to McD's as kids and then we continued to have sodabread, corned beef and cabbage for dinner, so it was about the only thing we ate and the only good thing for SURE (as kids tastebuds are special), anyway I've managed to have one every year since, and now that I've moved to NYC I'm disappointed to having no luck with this. Do Long Islanders have it or Philly? I might have to take a trip.

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i heard that the reason you can't get shamrock shakes anymore is because the lake on the moon where the green goo comes from is getting dangerously low.

[45] Posted by: mesmerizer | March 17, 2006 12:40 AM

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You've been misled.

Supplies aren't low but Mayor McCheese is distantly related to the goo in that lake and used his political muscle to have it protected.

i heard that the reason you can't get shamrock shakes anymore is because the lake on the moon where the green goo comes from is getting dangerously low.

I just sauntered up to a McDonalds counter in Bay Ridge and ordered a Shamrock Shake as if it went without saying that they would have them, it being St. Patrick's and all.

Sadly, they were not as entertainingly confounded as I had hoped. They explained to me that they are a McDonald's Express, which - in this case, at least - means that they don't serve ice cream or Quarter Pounders. (Strangely arbitrary omissions, wot?)

Being out of the loop on ice cream and everything, they gave no indication that they even knew you couldn't get a Shamrock at any area McDonalds -- not even the "full-service" ones.

I accused them of only pretending to be a McDonalds; said I thought they were really a Burger King.

Then I ordered a salad. (Hadda have something green.)

The last time I found a shamrock shake in NYC was 2-3 years ago, 47th street & 6th avenue.

I don't know if any of you have noticed, but the food coloring they use (or at least used to use) is not affected by the human digestive system. Goes in green, comes out green. A former co-worker says his 8 year old went into a panic the day after ingesting a Shamrock Shake. Thought he had a terminal illness or something.

I had a Shamrock shake a few days ago at the McDonalds on Route 35 in Hazlet, NJ. They were selling them as $1 trial sizes, in addition to the normal sizes. I stopped by there yesterday, and they said they were no longer carrying Shamrock shakes. I grimaced.

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You're Grimace? Wow. (No wonder you can get a Shamrock Shake.)

I'm from Milwaukee and I asked my co-worker a lifelong New Yorker if she's ever heard of a Shamrock Shake and she had no idea what I was talking about. Were they just a midwest thing? Were they ever available in NYC?

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I'm pretty sure they were.

I had a Shamrock shake a few days ago at the McDonalds on Route 35 in Hazlet, NJ. They were selling them as $1 trial sizes, in addition to the normal sizes. I stopped by there yesterday, and they said they were no longer carrying Shamrock shakes. I grimaced.

I used to get these half Shamrock half chocolate.

Damn those were good.

My grnadmother would take us for them after the parade in Albany. They were a treat.

I'm embarassed to know this, but they are available in Scranton, PA. We were there for St. Paddy's Day parade last weekend. My mom used to work for McDonald's Corporate HQ outside Chicago. They piloted all the new offerings - McD's Pizza, McRib, wine, everything. I miss Shamrock shakes...brings me back to my Chicago youth.

I did see one available near Albany, so they are available in NY State, though I guess not the City.

Then again, why the hell would you want to eat at McDonald's? I went there to get Diet Coke and to use their facilities.

I'm from Milwaukee and I asked my co-worker a lifelong New Yorker if she's ever heard of a Shamrock Shake and she had no idea what I was talking about. Were they just a midwest thing? Were they ever available in NYC?

Damn you Gothamist- now I want a Shamrock Shake!

are they mint flavored?

they are currently selling shamrock shakes in michigan. i'm not sure why they're not avaliable in ny. strange.

I miss the peppermint shakes at xmas time as well as the orange and cranberry mcnugget dipping sauce (not that I have eaten a mcnugget in about 12 years)

Do not miss the egg nog milkshakes. Blech

I remember Cranberry McNugget sauce! I came to this page looking for a mention of it; I haven't found any other mention of it on the internet. It was too long before the internet, and too short-lived.

I was a kid and I only had it once and I remember thinking it was awesome.

"Do you know what’s really sad?

You all eat McDonald's.

AND you’re all angry they don't serve their putrid breakfast for longer hours.

I'm not a health food nut or anything, but I'm positive their food will kill you faster then smoking will.

"

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's or any other fast food restaurant in months. I still want my goddam Shamrock Shake. Give me holiday novelty and get off your high horse.

Do you know what’s really sad?

You all eat McDonald's.

AND you’re all angry they don't serve their putrid breakfast for longer hours.

I'm not a health food nut or anything, but I'm positive their food will kill you faster then smoking will.