Comments on: Is The Double Burger A New Trend?

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:34:15 +0000

Chip’s , they’re called chips and 5 Guys does the best.

In the colonies.

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:10:48 +0000

Who the fuck cares … it’s like an argument over whether Peter Lugers fries are any good… Shack fries suck, you know they suck, so stop whinging & wasting valuable stomach space when you got top class burgers and custard shakes

By: Zach@MidtownLunch

Zach@MidtownLunch — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:26:55 +0000

@MikeNYC – I don’t think it’s because their stubborn. It’s pure economics. They are making money hand over fist because most people order the fries anyway. Why spend the extra money to get real potatoes?

By: MikeNYC

MikeNYC — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:10:14 +0000

I’m no food snob. But the fact is that Shake Shack could expend even the slightest bit of effort and have better fries, but for some strange reason they won’t.

I think it’s just stubbornness now. After hearing about their fries for so long from people like the AHT crew, they’re just serving crappy fries because they can and they don’t have to improve. They designed a whole new place and could have made room for some better fry process, but didn’t.

Normally I don’t think I care that much. But last time I was there I really noticed the fries and how bad they were. The batch I was served had a real noticeable frozen fry, crappy taste.

Here’s my bet on when they decide to improve their fries: When the Shake Shack mania has truly diminished and they need to increase revenues.

All the Shake Sack owners and chefs will look up and shout “Save us!…come back to the Shack and try our new fresh hand cut fries! … and I’ll look down and whisper “No.”

By: Mamacita

Mamacita — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:17:04 +0000

It’s not that Doug, it’s that for the price they charge they only provide freezer bought crinkle fries. And a small portion at that. It’s a very cheap product that has little to no preparation effort and for the quality of their burgers I would expect more from them.

By: dougiec

dougiec — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:50:22 +0000

Why all the Shake Shack fry hate. They’re delicious. Stop being food snobs. You read midtown lunch and eat from street carts. Embrace it.

By: Ecoli

Ecoli — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:17:14 +0000

had a burger from Rare this weekend. Waaay expensive for a burger but well worth it.

By: wayne

wayne — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:59:38 +0000

digger, read it for a week and come back here … i’ll have a gay superman effigy ready for you to torch

he gives a bad name to gay supermen everywhere

By: digger

digger — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:50:56 +0000

“Gay Superman blog”
Ha! I forgot that guy is also a food blogger. Someone pointed out they knew that kid as Larry from Greatneck, and now he’s “NYC Food Guy”. I’d imagine he’s having a hard time selling that persona..

By: DocChuck

DocChuck — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:48:04 +0000

I REALLY love reading about New Yawk City people who survive on hotdogs, pizza, hamburgers, and chinese ‘takeout’ (probably the worst, the unhealthiest, and the most polluted, nastiest of all).

But if you New Yawkas insist upon making burgers your primary food source, why do you not learn how to cook a good burger at home: consisting of South Dakota ground bison, a slice of Cabot cheddar cheese, a slice of fresh U.S. -grown red onion, a slice or two of good Southen’ Petit Jean bacon, on a freshly baked, toasted potato hamburger bun?