I wrote this pre issolation and just haven’t gotten around to publishing it. Back in January I went with the girls to Shake Shack. It is funny how a very NY thing is all over London. There is one across the street from my office. I have never been there however I have walked past it often. There is one in Covant Garden that we have been to a few times. There is also one we go past now and again in the mall at Stratford. The girls like to goto Shake Shack now since they can play foozeball and ping pong.
The last time we went the cashier asked me if I had been here before. What raced through my mind was proudly thinking “Yes. I have even been to the original one in Madison Square Park the week it opened”. I have no problem admitting I hate lines and Shake Shack was worth the hour wait at the time. Since I am in England I was proud of my more subdued reply of simply “Yes” to his question.
Post photo is of the original Shake Shack in NYC. Not from the first time I was there. Some other time what feels like a lifetime ago.