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 ›

After seizing strategically vital territory in the theater district earlier this month, Danny Meyer's Shake Shack army continues to gobble up their portion under the sun. The restaurateur's insatiable lust for Shake Shack über alles is surpassed only by New Yorkers' lust for Shake Shack, and sources inside the Meyer camp have revealed that Meyer is now greedily eying Battery Park City, where he could plant the Shake Shack flag as early as January. As Meyer declared last year, "A hamburger stand is a very democratizing amenity." But Meyer's bring a lot more than just democracy to that desolate southwest region of Manhattan. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] In the wake of Katz's Deli's 47-pointer on its most recent health inspection, it seemed like a good idea to take a closer look at what other NYC eateries will most likely be branded with the yellow C of doom when the DOH letter grades begin taking up residence in restaurant windows next week. A quick look at the DOH's complete inspection reports had some pretty terrifying news for a long list of restaurants—more than 6,000 by the Post's count—and for our collective gastrointestinal system. more ›

While its official opening is scheduled for tomorrow, the new Theater District outpost of Shake Shack had a "soft" opening yesterday (there was a soft opening for the UWS location in 2008). The Shack burger-lovin' Tweeted, "Still not that long of a line at Shake Shack Times Sq. But seating area more crowded than before," "Crazy lines out the door already," and "W 44th is open and mobbed!" more ›

Click through on the images for Perbacco's black truffle deals, the Knitting Factory's "Summer of Riesling" concert and wine bar crawl, and Shake Shack's hotly anticipated midtown debut. more ›

Last week the Upper West Side Shake Shack sold 42 of their limited-edition peanut butter and bacon burgers. By 7:45 p.m. on Saturday they had already sold more than 300 and there was a line around the block, reports the Westside Independent. And yet, despite all that consumer enthusiasm, Shake Shack has no plans to add the item to the menu and won't offer it again for "a long, long time," according to manager Mark Rosati. more ›

Do you like burgers? How about bacon? Any feelings about peanut butter? If you're already salivating over the thought of those three things married together in the sacred Chapel of Your Divine Mouth Hole, then mark your calendar for THIS Saturday, when Shake Shack will be selling a new Peanut Butter & Bacon Burger for just $5.50. A student reporter for NYUNews was at the Upper West Side Shake Shack last weekend, on the very day that they were experimenting with the item. He writes: more ›

Everyone was super pumped when it was announced that Shake Shack would open a new location in a former parking lot at 47 Prince Street in Nolita. Well, almost everyone—many neighbors were not enthusiastic about Shake Shack's downtown debut, and "residents of the historic Little Italy neighborhood of Nolita have reacted with a mixture of shock, dread and horror as news spread of the hamburger chain Shake Shack’s proposed location in the heart of the picturesque area," blared a press release from a local anti-Shack coalition. Sadly, dread and horror have ruled the day! more ›