Longest Lines Ever At Shake Shack This Week
Monday:
KFC – Just saw your blog. Attached is a picture I took this morning…in the rain…at 10:55am before Shake Shackis even open. I wanted that BBQ burger bad, but I’d rather have dry pants and the little dignity I have left.
Chris
Tuesday:
Grub Street – The original Shake Shack in Madison Square Park opened for business some 30 minutes ago, but it apparently has already attracted the longest line of customers ever recorded in the burger chainlet’s ten-year history. Of course, Shake Shack is running a promotion this week in which five notable chefs contributed a limited edition burger, to be served one day only, and only 1,000 of each, so there’s that. David Chang’s “Shrimp Stack” burger is now being served, and while the ever-trusty Shack Cam shows the line is moving, it alsostretches around the park. And then some. Momofuku chef and owner David Chang’s “Shrimp Stack” burger has got, in addition to a patty of the chainlet’s blend, a “smoked and griddled shrimp patty,” Momofuku Hozon Sauce, Bibb lettuce, pickled onion, and quick-salted cucumber.
First of all, Chris is 100% right. I don’t care whats at the end of that line. It could be free blow jobs from Heather Brooke. I ain’t waiting in the rain like some sort of shmuck for 2 hours. OK I’m lying I’d wait on line for infinity for a Heather Brooke blow task but thats seriously about the only thing I’d do it for.
Which brings me to my second point that today’s burger doesn’t even look that good. Shrimp on my burger? No thanks. This is America. Cheese bacon maybe some ketchup and other condiments. Thats as far as it needs to go. Don’t fuck up a good thing, in my eyes. But I guess in the eyes of half of these dumb ass New Yorkers you can just slap anything on a burger, call it gourmet, overcharge like a motherfucker, and they’ll wait for 2 hours to get one.