# Where is your favorite place to buy a Shake? What Flavor? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 30, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281 "2024-05-30T16:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/41 "2024-05-30T23:20:43Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > Mostly though, my favorite shakes is my homemade bananas foster shake. I’ve made [Bobby Flay’s version of these](https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/bananas-foster-milkshake-recipe-1957661#:~:text=In%20a%20blender%2C%20combine%20the,Serve%20immediately.) at home a few times. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/42 "2024-05-30T23:22:28Z")
That’s the best kind! We might check that out in a few weeks. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/43 "2024-05-30T23:36:52Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > ETA… @aceplace57 Sonic will still make you a frostie. Just ask. It’s just their soft-serve and coke ran thru the shake mixer I’ll ask the next time I’m at Sonic. Shakes are currently half price after 7pm. Ends June 2 ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/44 "2024-05-30T23:40:41Z")
I’ve never liked shakes. I don’t know when was the last time I had one, probably at least 50 years ago. If something is a drink I want to be able to chug it. If it’s food I want to chew it. Shakes are neither. The texture kind of disgusts me. So, no favorite place, no favorite flavor. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/45 "2024-05-31T01:39:31Z")
My favorites in MPS/StP were Bridgeman’s and Porky’s. Here in Toronto, a little malt shop named Bean and Baker that had to close during the Pandemic. I hear it’s reopened as Sweetie Pie, but I haven’t been there yet. I’ve always preferred plain vanilla malts over most others, except for Dairy Queen’s pineapple and banana. I used to buy one of those every day in MPS when I was riding my bicycle home from my summer job. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/46 "2024-05-31T02:39:33Z")
Thickshake. Banana. I make my own. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/47 "2024-05-31T14:52:46Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > And the best malt I ever had was at The Counter (a fading gourmet burger chain). Fading? That makes me sad - I like The Counter. We have one not far from our house, and the burgers are tasty. I love malts - I have since I was a kid. When I get them (rarely these days) I order them extra-malty. For fast-food shakes, my favorite is Arby’s chocolate shake. The others I’ve had (McD’s, Burger King mostly) kind of taste the same, but there’s something about the Arby’s one that has a little extra kick. Too bad we only have one Arby’s within driving distance, and judging by how rundown it is, I’m afraid it won’t be there long. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/48 "2024-05-31T15:15:18Z")
Concretes from a custard shop. Local St. Louis players Ted Drewes and Silky’s are great. Franchise shop Freddy’s is just fine. Usually banana, maybe Reeses’s bits. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/49 "2024-05-31T15:17:23Z")
The best shake (chocolate) I ever had was at Petrified Forest National Park back when the Rainbow Forest Lodge still had a real soda fountain. It was in the low 100s outside, and just being inside an air-conditioned building was a treat. I grabbed a stool at the fountain, ordered the shake (made with real ice cream) and when the woman delivered it, she handed me the metal mixing cup\* as well with half a glass worth of extra deliciousness. To say that it made my day would be a major understatement. I love chocolate malts, but I only get them as a treat when I’m on road trips. The only place I make of point of stopping at for one is the Snow Cap Drive-In on Route 66 in Seligman AZ. The malts there are good, but it’s really the ambiance (and the practical jokes at the counter) that brings me back year after year. \*It was the only time, before or since, that I have been offered the mixing cup along with the rest of the shake ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/50 "2024-05-31T15:19:22Z")
If you’re ever in Montreal, Café Santropol has (or it did, the last time I was in there) a grenadine milkshake that’ll blow your mind. ETA: just checked [their menu](https://www.santropol.com/menu) and I don’t see the grenadine shake, but they have a number of others that I can only assume are just as good. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/51 "2024-05-31T17:05:15Z")
Arbys for their Jamocha shake, Raleys for banana ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/52 "2024-05-31T17:09:48Z")
and St Louisian Shake Shack ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/53 "2024-05-31T19:36:54Z")
Arby’s, jamocha w/no whipped cream. Dairy Queen, pineapple ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/54 "2024-05-31T19:39:24Z")
If you’re into malt and have a Caribou Coffee nearby (or have a layover in Minneapolis) you have to try [one of these](https://order.cariboucoffee.com/?_gl=1*yrk92o*_gcl_au*NzExODI3Mjk3LjE3MTcxODQwMzY.#/product/0eaa2425-3a0f-424b-8a24-907486b149b4?storeId=catalog). A hot mocha espresso drink with malt powder. A rare guilty pleasure since it’s loaded with calories. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/55 "2024-06-01T05:13:14Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I have an antique malt maker _Man_, that takes me back! I made so many shakes (and malts) when I was working at restaurants in the late 70’s/early 80’s, and I made them with machines just like that (only bigger, with more mixers). My MIL used to make chocolate malts for dessert after Sunday dinners, and she used her Kitchenaid mixer rather than a blender. It made me furious when all the ice cream manufacturers made their cartons smaller than a half-gallon, because the reduced amount didn’t _quite_ make enough for everyone. Nowadays, I’ll get the kid’s size strawberry shake if we get food from a place that serves decent ones. I’m just not up for the mess of making them at home (also, I can see that becoming a bad habit). ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/56 "2024-06-01T05:18:16Z")
> [@InternetLegend](#): > > machines just like that (only bigger, with more mixers). YES! Hamilton Beach. I really could have used a multi-headed machine, but I didn’t realize I needed one until later. > **[Hamilton Beach 40DM 3 Head Triple Malt Milkshake Mixer Vintage | eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/235564266827?itmmeta=01HZ93N9THFBNPMVCGAER948N8&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAA8MFC0q2G0HhvqymjaM4EsZkBqnOJImr%2FzvrKbncZSH4vN9EudfeGmi%2FwKTsztk4T5hTEZnbCosBqVWeYG2aupFyWqUnvLRlmjKymonDMJi19x0dUQCBHrJGusCi2q1UF6NIf3oDfBVYPAAPpSF2eCX3ckJ58FdCrGwHU1mAe2FO5GIt7MFS7gK6hi%2FvpQfb%2F8DF0T759ixeIo1Isohxkpg3va5f%2B%2BB9ULy4o3nO4GoIurmUWuGw%2BDl1BqqzUvEns8HyzrJQA%2BUMIX8%2FP788owYqibKj0ivmPHaYfSWjHUNp9wIYWB%2Fmon%2BoyJFnCZPsXiQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR66d1aP6Yw)** > > Model No: 40DM. 2 out of 3 of the mixers are in working condition. needs a good cleaning Three original bakelite top knobs turn to L, M, H. See pic two of the three mixer rotates at the three speeds. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/57 "2024-06-03T18:23:57Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Diary Queen Hmmm…checks forum…not politics…lets it go. I choose Dairy Queen, black cow (vanilla ice cream & chocolate syrup [no rootbeer]) with malted milk. And not overly thick, so you can still suck it through the straw. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/58 "2024-06-03T20:01:33Z")
Another vote for Arby’s Jamocha shake. My go-to Arby’s meal is a medium roast beef with Arby’s and horsey sauce, an apple turnover, and a Jamocha shake. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/59 "2024-06-04T14:16:23Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > it has to be a malted to be worth it. Agree! I’ll skip a shake, but never a chocolate malt! In fact, I will get a shake from McDs, BK, etc, bring it home and add my own malt powder to it. Shakes are boring. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281/60 "2024-06-04T14:25:58Z")
[Bob & Edith’s](https://www.bobandedithsdiner.com/) – Cherry. > [@aceplace57](#): > > I used to order a Frosted Coke. It’s a Coke Float blended into a shake. But Sonic discontinued them over a decade ago. Silver Diner used to do the same thing with root beer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-your-favorite-place-to-buy-a-shake-what-flavor/1002281.md?page=4)