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Shake Shack's Peanut Butter Bacon Burger: Are You In or Out?
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John Del Signore
Published Apr 21, 2010
Modified Apr 21, 2010
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Do you like burgers? How about bacon? Any feelings about peanut butter? If you're already salivating over the thought of those three things married together in the sacred Chapel of Your Divine Mouth Hole, then mark your calendar for THIS Saturday, when Shake Shack will be selling a new Peanut Butter & Bacon Burger for just $5.50. A student reporter for NYUNews was at the Upper West Side Shake Shack last weekend, on the very day that they were experimenting with the item. He writes:
When they say "peanut butter bacon burger," understand that they mean just that — a peanut butter bacon burger, with a big ol' slab of meat slathered in gooey, dripping peanut butter and topped with a few large squares of thick, chewy bacon, all sandwiched between Shake Shack's signature sweet bun. By the time they'd handed me the creation, the peanut butter had already dripped out of it and gotten all over the paper wrap. Hot liquid peanut butter flew everywhere with every bite, covering my hands and face with an uncomfortable stickiness that necessitated licking up because no army of napkins could ever be large enough to wipe up the brown goober goo.
Sounds like heaven, eh? Well, you can secure your ticket to paradise on Saturday—but only at the Upper West Side location. Shake Shack's rep tells us that they never intended to offer it again, but it was such a hit last Saturday, they decided to bring it back for an encore. They have no plans to offer it again after this. Extinction is forever, people.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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