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| - If crying. Insert burger. - Words to live by from a tiny baby's onesie sold at the Shake Shack.
New York's best is now cleverly dishing out cheesy burgers (and shakes) from the New York, New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas! This bustling burger "shack" is quite the word on the strip right now. Although they are connected to the Hotel & Casino, their entrance is actually located right on the strip, next to Tom's Urban and the Swatch Watch store.
There is a sizable, tourist-y line (but it moves quickly), a greeter that passes you a burger of the day card and a menu, efficiently directing you to the order window where you receive a nifty buzzer.
I never tried Shake Shack before, but I think I OD'd on melty cheese tonight. Here are the culprits:
ShackMeister Burger $6.19 (Add Bacon $1.55) - Simple. It wasn't bad... but I've had better. Cheeseburger, Shack Sauce (didn't taste it), crispy fried ale-marinated shallots (didn't taste them) , and we added applewood smoked bacon. The burger got lost in all of that thick cheese. Flavor rating: 3/5
Shack Stack $9.49 - Shack stack you tasty son of a bun! Cheeseburger with a crisp-fried portobello mushroom cap filled with melted muenster and cheddar cheeses (!!), topped with lettuce, tomato and Shack Sauce (didn't taste it). Get outta town with that portobello cap. The lightly battered, seasoned and fried mushroom cap was oozing with gooey cheese and flavor. The burger was good, but the inventive mushroom cap set it off into outer-space. Flavor rating: 5/5
Cheese Fries $3.95 (Add Fried Shallots $1) -crinkle cut fries topped with lots (and I mean lots) of melted cheese blend. We wanted to be different so we requested to add fried shallots and voila! Cheese overdose. Flavor rating: 3/5
Strawberry Shake $5.25 - it's a good, thick, strawberry shake. Have you ever had In-N-Out's version? They taste identical. My only gripe - they serve you a small and charge you over $5. In-N-Out is the way to go. Flavor rating: 5/5
In retrospect, I would nix the cheese fries and just order regular fries and share the shack stack with my date. But hey, you live and you learn!
Is it worth a try? Yes. Is it better than In-N-Out? Your mileage may vary. However, I'll forever prefer In-N-Out for their affordable prices and their grilled onions! What's Shake Shack got against glorious grilled onions?
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