This is the second Shake Shack in Canada, both of which are in the Toronto downtown core. The first one was unique in that it sold alcohol. This one is unique in that it it has a bar and sells 4 signature cocktails, sourced from Civil Pours
Shake Shack, an extremely popular US hamburger brand, opened in Toronto on 2024-06-13, and this one opened on 2024-12-04.
This location is licensed to serve alcohol! I have never seen a Shake Shack bar outside of Canada that is licensed! However, a few locations in the USA and Bahamas have a bar.
The menu consists of classic menu items from its US counterpart, with items such as ShackBurgers, crinkle-cut fries, and hands-spun milkshakes. However, there are a few Canadian-specific menu items such as:
1. Maple Salted Pretzel Shake. It has their signature vanilla frozen custard with Canadian maple syrup and pretzels.
2. More S'mores Concrete dessert. It has chocolate and vanilla frozen custard, blended with toasted marshmallow sauce, fudge sauce, Graham crumbs, and chocolate pieces. 5% of sales will be donated to Campfire Circle, a charity that helps kids with cancer or serious illness as well as their families.
3. I Heart Butter Tart Concrete dessert. It has vanilla frozen custard blended with Brodflour butter tarts and flaky salt.
4. Shark Attack Concrete dessert. It has chocolate frozen custard blended with brownies, fudge sauce, chocolate chunks, and cocoa nibs from Chocosol.
5. ShackMeister Ale from Bellwoods Brewery.
6. Shack Red and Shack White from Rosewood Winery.
7. Hand-Crafted Signature Cocktails from Civil Pours.
8. Shack dog biscuits and Pooch-inis from Wufers dog bakery. It has dog biscuits on top of vanilla frozen custard.
All their burgers are made with 100% Canadian Angus beef, never frozen, and raised without antibiotics or added hormones.
The tables are handcrafted from Canadian Maple.
My family has eaten at Shake Shack at several locations in the USA, and recently, in Mar 2024, in Singapore! Unfortunately, they sold out of their Durian Milkshake!
You would line up to order on a self-order kiosk and then wait for your order to be picked up at their pickup counter. You would grab their own items like napkins, ketchup, plastic forks, etc.
Shake Shack Canada plans to open 35 locations by 2035. Shake Shack USA started 20 years ago.
There is free WiFi. The restaurant is wheelchair accessible. There are three gender-neutral washrooms, one of which is wheelchair accessible. There is paid neighbourhood street parking and a paid parking lot. There are two high chairs for little children.
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