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| - Came here for lunch after a morning sightseeing stroll with friends. Right when you walk in, you receive a menu to look at while you wait in line, which is better than zoning out staring at the large menu board while the line moves and you're still...just staring.
I ordered the Shack Stack, which is a cheese burger with a Shroom burger on top (deep fried portabella mushroom filled with muenster and cheddar cheese) with lettuce, tomato, and its Shacksauce. Plus, an order of crinkle fries.
It wasn't a large (circumference-wise) burger, but it was packed thick. The fried portabella was very good, especially with the two cheeses oozing out. But it ate very, very rich and heavy when you add the flavorful and juicy cheeseburger underneath. For me, I needed a lot of ketchup to balance the burger out. It was still very delicious though! The best part of the burger was the bread because the outside was soft and the inside was very crispy and stayed that way throughout, which is amazing with the sauce on there and the gooey cheese.
Seeing crinkle fries, I was hesitant about it as I automatically see them as those store-bought frozen kind where you throw it in the oven, and the end result is either mushy fries or super hard, dry, and tasteless fries. I'm sure they were frozen once, but these fries were super good! Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and very well-seasoned with the right amount of salt.
This place had a more modern feel to it. The seating area was comfortable and spacious. There was a LOT of people just working registers. They literally stood shoulder to shoulder taking customer's orders. There were also a few workers, bussers more like, standing around and waiting to grab your empty tray to take to the trash.
Overall, the burger was more on the heavy side with the cheeses and fried portabella, but it was a delicious burger. Plus, the fries were very good. It's kind of pricey considering it's just a burger joint locating outside on New York, New York Hotel. I think it's a decent once-in-a-while place to eat, but not a must return visit if you're not from here.
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