# Had Shake Shack for the first time....

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 6, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-shake-shack-for-the-first-time/730128 "2015-09-06T01:29:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-shake-shack-for-the-first-time/730128/1 "2015-09-06T01:29:40Z")

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…and it was awesome!

I had the SmokeShack which is basically a bacon Cheese Burger with chopped peppers on it and a Shack-cago dog which is a hot dog with a bunch of veggies. The dog was very good but not great but the burger was one of the best hamburgers I have ever had. Very flavorful and juicy.

It was a really long wait, first the line took almost a half hour, then you wait again while they fulfill your order but I have to say, it was worth it. I will definitely go back, just making sure I am not in rush when I do.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-shake-shack-for-the-first-time/730128/2 "2015-09-06T01:42:35Z")

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They have a good truffle burger too.

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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-shake-shack-for-the-first-time/730128/3 "2015-09-06T01:43:14Z")

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> [@Quimby](#):
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> …and it was awesome!
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> I had the SmokeShack which is basically a bacon Cheese Burger with chopped peppers on it and a Shack-cago dog which is a hot dog with a bunch of veggies. The dog was very good but not great but the burger was one of the best hamburgers I have ever had. Very flavorful and juicy.
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> It was a really long wait, first the line took almost a half hour, then you wait again while they fulfill your order but I have to say, it was worth it. I will definitely go back, just making sure I am not in rush when I do.

They always have the longest line at Nationals Park.

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/had-shake-shack-for-the-first-time/730128/4 "2015-09-06T19:08:31Z")

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I was in Vegas a few weeks ago, and I tried the Shake Shack attached to New York New York. I got a hamburger (no cheese) with all the regular toppings, cheese fries, and a lemonade.

The burger was good. It wasn’t life-changing or anything, but it was assembled well, the vegetables were extremely fresh, and the burger had just a bit of pinkishness in the middle that I wasn’t expecting.

I was honestly more impressed with the cheese fries - the sauce was definitely based on a sharp cheddar and it had a much livelier flavor than you’d normally get from a cheese sauce pumped over fries.

Wait time was maybe 10-15 minutes. There wasn’t nearly enough seating inside the restaurant proper (and no way in Hell was I going to eat on the outside deck in Vegas in mid-August), but I was able to snag a seat just before my order came up.