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The burger and custard haven Shake Shack is getting ready to open its Upper West Side location some time soonish—they are still waiting for some paperwork). In the meantime, they're putting the finishing touches on the place, which has a much bigger kitchen (= faster service) and a rec room downstairs for rental (parties, events, presentations even) that will be open to regular seating when not rented.
The space has a slightly raw feeling, with exposed brick and polished concrete floors--and the cantilevered Shake Shack awning is retained inside, so it feels like the Shack just landed inside the building. It also boasts some special additions to the menu. There are three UWS-specific shake flavors: The Shacky Road Concrete has "Chocolate custard, Valrhona chocolate crunchies, marshmallow and almonds"; the Upper West Slide has "vanilla custard, strawberry puree, fresh banana, and shortbread cookie"; and the Natural History "Crunch-stellation" (proceeds of which will benefit AMNH programming) has "vanilla custard, malt, Valrhona chocolate crunchies, caramel and hot fudge." And there are special Shake Shack wines, from Marquis Philips: a "Shack Chard" (California) and a "Shack Shiraz" (South Eastern Australia). And there will be a local microbrews on tap, too!
Shake Shack UWS is at 266 Columbus Avenue, on the corner of West 77th. Opening date is TBD; opening hours TBD, but will likely eventually be 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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There goes the neighborhood!
I will never go to this one. Besides the burgers one of the best things about the shake shack is that you can hang out in the park, mind as well go to Blue Smoke and order a burger if you want it inside.
I will require one Natural History "Crunch-stellation" as soon as it becomes available to the public.
I remember I got a burger at the park in midtown (forget where exactly). I ate probably 2/3rds of it when I saw something crawling around underneath the sauce and tomato.
It was a maggot.
Needless to say, never went back after that.
I really don't think the food at Madison Square Park is worth the wait.
Part of the fun of Shake Shack is feeling victorious as you approach the window and finally order your burger.
Elitist fast food... Fuck them all
Wow,
Got deleted for a satirical/humorous post.
No racism, no hatred and no obscenity contained therein.
Someone must be WAY too sensitive.
What a shame.
@yet... I think someone moderating comments thought it was actual spam, which we get a lot of. It was that good!
I'll take a 5 guys burger over the over-hyped shake shack stuff any day.