To give it a fair evaluation, it is important for any good restaurant reviewer to visit a restaurant several times, so that a variety of menu items can be sampled. Multiple visits also ensure that menu items and service be experienced several times to evaluate consistency. Never is this more true than for eating establishments with milk shakes as their signature items. I went to the Shake Shack before it officially opened and again today (and maybe one or two other times in between).
The Shack Burger (ground sirloin and brisket, american cheese, lettuce, excellent tomato and "shack sauce") is outstanding. Juicy, beefy, cheesy and all-around delicious. The bun looked kind of sad but tasted fine. Next time I'm trying the double. The frozen custard, vanilla and chocolate, is also excellent as are the shakes (vanilla and chocolate) made from the custard. They also offer, and I haven't yet tried, sundaes, floats and concretes. Concretes are a St. Louis area specialty, as are the frozen custards, in which the custard is blended with any number of mix-ins. The first item on the Concrete menu is the Concrete Jungle, which consists of frozen custard, hot fudge, bananas, and peanut butter.
One more thing before I make myself a ginger-honey milkshack of my own creation: There is no line on a drizzly Sunday afternoon.
is the blond in the first picture coughing into her hand? because, that's what i want to see from my food service people.
Posted by: tien | 19 July 2004 at 03:22 PM
Looks like it doesn't it? Actually, I think I caught her as she was turning around. She also appeared to be the manager.
Posted by: joe | 19 July 2004 at 10:11 PM
hey - last Wed I revisied Shake Shack and made the same short line of rainy dayz observation!
I feel like we just made a Psychic Friend Connection :-)...
http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/eat_this/index.html
Posted by: cb/CityRag | 21 July 2004 at 12:20 PM