Squirrels do people things like attend Columbia and eat pizza, but apparently they couldn't care less about what the New York Times' dining critic Pete Wells thinks. Specifically his take on the chain's "pretty awful" crinkle-cut fries. more ›

The Freshman 15 at Yale is going to go up a few pounds next year. Today Union Square Hospitality announced that the next Shake Shack in the pipeline will be opening a smidge outside of NYC's borders, hitting up New Haven, Connecticut, this fall. Naturally, the new Shack'll be kitty-corner to Yale's Old Campus. more ›

In the world of New York restaurants, Danny Meyer and his Union Square Hospitality Group stand out. Not just for their restaurants—Union Square Cafe, Gramercy Tavern, Blue Smoke, Shake Shack—but also for their hospitality (it is in the name) and general goodwill. As Meyer and co. are set to be honored by City Harvest this year we talked to the man himself this week to discuss restaurant charity work, fine dining in a tough economy, and how you'll never see a club sandwich at Shake Shack. more ›

Well, that was fast! Just last week we broke the news that Danny Meyer's beloved Shake Shack was making a play for Grand Central Terminal and today the MTA's board has approved it at their meeting—even though it turns out it wasn't even the highest bidder for its lower concourse space. Also approved to roll into the famous train station? Apple, which was given some interesting guidelines for how its store can be laid out. more ›

The t's still need to be crossed and the i's dotted, but once the full board votes on Wednesday it looks like all those rumors will be true: Apple and Shake Shack are coming to Grand Central Terminal. The MTA's director of real estate, Jeffrey Rosen, confirmed the news today and let slip a bit of new information about the newest additions to the terminal, pointing out that the newcomers will further “not only a digital, but a cheeseburger divide” between the soaring terminal and its ugly sibling across town, Penn Station. more ›

Yesterday, we told you about Milk Burger, the new burger joint in Harlem with a menu suspiciously similar to Shake Shack's, and a ganked photo of a Shackburger on their website to boot. Now, the owner of Milk Burger is claiming he's innocent, blaming the flub on, of course, an intern. more ›

Since people are willing to pay cold hard cash to skip the line at Shake Shack, it doesn't come as much of a surprise that other burger establishments might try to duplicate some of the Shack's methods for success. What does come as a surprise is just how obvious MilkBurger in Harlem's thievery is. more ›

The line outside of Shake Shack, especially the original flavor at Madison Square Park, is famously long. Way back in 2006 we even offered a few solutions for the dealing with the line. One of them (a webcam) was almost immediately adopted by the burger mecca, and five years later someone went and implemented another of our suggestions. Sort of. While we thought that the line was a great opportunity for some ambitious unemployed people, we guess bloggers have to eat as well? more ›

Yesterday, we stoked the rumor mill with a tip that beloved Midwestern burger chain Steak 'n Shake is heading our way, and it looks like the gossip might be true! more ›

There are lots of things you can hate about the "vampire squid sucking the face of humanity" that is Goldman Sachs (their desserts being one innocuous example) but having a private grill at the new Shack Shake in Battery Park City is, unfortunately, not one of them. more ›

As we told you earlier today, it's last call for Girl Scout cookies until next year. But in case you can't find one of their pop up stands (or don't have a friend with a kid in the service), Shake Shack is coming to the rescue. They'll be offering their Thin Mint custard every Thursday in May. And is it just us or does Saturday's chocolate peanut butter pretzel sound like a fair substitution for a Tagalong? more ›

We're under no illusion that Shake Shack serves diet food, and so we've never exactly gone out of our way to try and find out how many calories and fat are in those delicious Double ShackBurgers. And because Shake Shack didn't have 15 locations nationwide, the city Health Department did not require it to display its calorie info like other chains. But today Fork in the Road noticed that Shake Shack's nutritional information has been made public. (SPOILER ALERT: We posted it below in all its gut-growing glory.) The takeaway: The vegetarian 'Shroom Burger, clocking in at 570 calories and 36 grams of fat, actually has more calories than the Shake Shack Cheeseburger. more ›

There is no point resisting restaurant impresario Danny Meyer and his ever-expanding Shake Shack empire, as one small-time Brooklyn businessman is finding out. In November, it was announced with great fanfare that Meyer would be opening the first Brooklyn Shake Shack location, at the foot of the Fulton Mall in downtown Brooklyn. Borough President Marty Markowitz praised Meyer for "beefing up the Fulton Mall," and you could almost see the line of Shacknatics, as they're known, lining up already. But lost amid all the hoopla were the six businesses that had to find new homes to make room for Shake Shack. One of those merchants, Roma Shoe Repair & Shine, has now filed a lawsuit. more ›

Carmelo Anthony may have only been a Knick for a few days, but already he's making waves in the Big Apple gustatory circles. Before setting foot in the city, the Carnegie Deli named a (heart-stopping) sandwich after him, and now he's already had a private dinner at the Spotted Pig and Shake Shack has named a shake after him—the Car-Mallow Anthony Shake! more ›

Will Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's diet take another hit, when (or if) Shake Shack moves to Brooklyn? The Daily News reports, "The iconic burger joint will open its first Kings County location next year at the Fulton Street Mall, sources told the Daily News Thursday. Shake Shack will get 'the primo spot' in the pedestrian mall, a source said, taking the space occupied by Tony's Famous Pizza at the corner of Fulton and Adams Sts." more ›

Last night, the NYC Wine & Food Festival held its annual Burger Bash at the Tobacco Warehouse in DUMBO, launching hundreds of meat comas. Wait, make that hundreds of meat comas brought to you by the Blue Moon Burger Bash presented by Pat LaFrieda Meats, hosted by Rachael Ray. While there were dozens of participants, including The 21 Club, Minetta Tavern, and more, Shake Shack's offering won the hearts of judges. The people's choice award went to what The Feed calls "Bobby Flay’s tortilla chip-topped gut bomb...a hybrid of burger and ballpark nacho." Pass the Zantac, please! more ›

Shake Shack is negotiating with the Italian amusement company Zamperla to open a new location on the Coney Island boardwalk, sources tell the Daily News. Zamperla launched the new Luna Park earlier this summer, and the company holds the lease to some properties on the boardwalk, with current tenants including Ruby's, Beer Island, and Shoot the Freak. Earlier this week it was reported that Zamperla is requiring 11 tenants to turn in business plans detailing ideas for upgrades to make their businesses "successful." And now some worry they'll be replaced by flashy newcomers like Shake Shack—or Atomic Wings, which is also rumored to be in negotiations with Zamperla. more ›

Click on the images more details on recent restaurant and bar openings around NYC, which include Strawberry's Sports Grill in Queens, Shake Shack Upper East Side, and Bluebird Sky in Chinatown. more ›