Bay Area’s First Shake Shack Opens in Palo Alto | Eater SF

"Opening on Saturday, December 15, the Palo Alto Shake Shack at the Stanford Shopping Center (180 El Camino Real, Suite #950) lets me sample established favorites like the ShackBurger with the chain’s crinkle-cut fries, flat-top hot dogs, and frozen custard concretes, plus Bay Area–specific items. The Golden State Double was developed with Oakland meat purveyor Cream Co. and features two Angus beef patties from Richards Grassfed Beef, white cheddar, McVickers bread-and-butter pickles, and is served on a Tartine Bakery sweet potato bun. Local concretes include the MB Malt (vanilla custard with Manresa Bread whole wheat chocolate chip walnut cookies and fudge), the Shack Attack (chocolate custard with fudge sauce, chocolate truffle cookie dough, Dandelion dark chocolate chunks, and chocolate sprinkles), and the Pie Oh My (vanilla custard with a slice of seasonal pie from Fremont bakery Pie Dreams) — five percent of Pie Oh My sales go to SF food incubator La Cocina. The 2,491-square-foot location offers indoor and outdoor seating on a covered patio; CounterEv Furniture built the tabletops from old bowling alley lanes, chairs are from designer Uhuru, and booths were built by Staach from sustainable lumber. The beverage list highlights Bay Area producers with wines from Robert Sinskey Vineyards, Broc Cellars, and BREA Wine Co., and beers from Fort Point and 21st Amendment. Shake Shack was spun off by Danny Meyer from Eleven Madison Park in 2004 and has expanded to more than 200 locations; Palo Alto is the chain’s first Bay Area outpost, with additional locations planned in San Francisco and Marin. Hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday–Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday–Saturday." - Caleb Pershan