Shake Shack - Review

Shake Shack - Highly Recommended
Burgers, Hot Dogs, Desserts & Bakeries
Madison Square Park,
New York 10010
At 23rd St & Madison Ave
Phone: 212-889-6600

So basically everybody within 5 blocks of this place raves about their burgers. I had to make the trip to see for myself what all the buzz was. It's just not my nature to listen to what "everybody" else says.

I say, "You gotta eat it, to believe it".

OK, It's AWESOME guys!!!

Like any themed eatery, you need a gimic. This shack, located on the southeast corner of Madison Square Park plays a humble food kiosk from the outside, but don't let that fool you. Danny Meyer (he owns the place) is probably one of the most astute restauranteurs in the city and he simply kicks ass and takes names. It's a well oiled machine, cranking out burger after burger a la minute.

I had the Shake Stack. For those of you who aren't familiar...

It's a triple decker made up of a mushroom burger patty, a cheeseburger patty and a shake burger.

A "Trilogy" of sorts if you will.

Oh, and the buns. They are a bit sweeter than your usual breading... tantilizing your tastebuds even more.

In addition to the burger, I also ordered cheese fries.

Perfectly crispy fries with cheese wiz oozed all over it.

This is America! A ginormous (pronounced: jai-nor-mus) burger, fries with mysterious yellow cheesy ooze, and a root beer soda. All they needed was Neil Diamond's "America" blasting on the speakers and you'd have a presidential campaign rally. Oh, and maybe a little baby to kiss.

"Shack Stack", Cheese Fries and a Root Beer.
Taste/Texture 35/40 Positively all chuck meat. But it's extremely fresh.
Presentation 15/20 Messy as hell. But that's how it should be.
Aroma 10/10
Price 20/20 Happy to pay it ($8.75 - shack stack burger)
X-Factor 10/10 It was just so "Masculine" in design. It'll put some hair on your chest.

Total 90/100

Overall Experience
Food 45/50 Fantastic. Everything was great
Service 20/30 You place the order and wait for your buzzer to alert you when to pick it up.

Atmosphere 10/10 It's in a park man. It doesn't get any better than that.
Price 10/10 Happy to pay it
Total 85/100