Sports writer Benjamin Hochman samples burgers in every city he visits and rates them, in a very tongue-in-cheek fashion, on his blog. Wherever he covers an NBA game for the Denver Post, he tries the favorite local burger as part of his personal NBA, National Burger Adventure. But once he got to Shake Shack in New York, he said his search for the perfect burger was over.
“To put it in Boston terms, you can compare this burger to Pedro [Martinez]’s 1999 season. You can compare it to the 1986 Celtics. You can say it’s akin to Ted Williams’s .400 batting average,” Hochman said. “Simply put, it’s the Kate Upton of cheeseburgers.”
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We'll see in a year after all the new Five Guy's Tasty Burger's and now Shake Shacks open. Sounds more like we're going to have a glut in yet another "cult" of burger temples.
Wonderful..wonderful..."magical" burgers for the Elites.
ZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz.........another take on the hamburger. Every upscale restaurant in Boston has one, then we get all these other chains....here comes one more. I can hardly wait;)
I worked across the street from the Union Sq. Shake Shack in NYC. Yeah, it's a good burger, but after eating there once would I choose to stand in line for an hour to eat there again? Not a chance.
I agree with previous poster....burger joints are the new cupcake places...the market is getting saturated with places bringing nothing new but hype. I'm not saying it isn't good or the place won't be popular...but it. is. just. a. burger. To me, there is nothing particularly unique or over-the-top awesome about it that justfies waiting in the line.
But sure, carve out an hour (or more) of your day, and try it.
It's a freaking HAMBURGER, people. Why on EARTH would anyone stand in line for one? I can make one at home in 10 minutes that is better than most of what's served in restaurants.