I used to go to the original Shake Shack in Madison Square Park back in the day. And by back in the day, I mean 2004 and yes, I was probably listening to Interpol or Spoon on my headphones at the time. I thought it was good.
In 2020, Sac got a Shake Shack. It had instant lines and seemed like a COVID hot spot, so I avoided it. I gave some money to the local LGBT+ center on big day of giving and in return I received a coupon for a free burger. This is brilliant, and I knew I should use it so that Shake Shack would know that this marketing opportunity had worked. Yes, that's right, I ate a burger because I'm sooooooo altruistic.
I had June 28 off for the Juneteenth holiday (yay UCD you rule in so many ways) so I decided to use my coupon. I got a regular Shackburger which has: "shack sauce" not to be confused with "donkey sauce", tomato, lettuce, American cheese.
Firstly: too salty. I love salt so if I say something is too salty most would agree. Secondly: bun is gross. It's like the saddest, squishiest version of a Wonder Bread bun. The texture is not recognizable as a bread texture. Thirdly: needs pickles or something acidic. Fourth: of course the tomato was orange and gross.
This is a terrible burger. For a similar size and style of burger, the Suzie Burger one is better. I also got a chocolate shake which was immediately not thick enough.
I'm not sure if Shake Shack was never good, or (more likely) that upsizing from one cafe to hundreds there is no way to keep something tasting good. I shall not go back unless someone tells me the shroom burger is good.
No comments:
Post a Comment