September 3, 2011
It’s funny, the 365 Bars blog has been dormant for over a half a year, but it still gets a lot of hits and every once in a while I’ll get a comment there. I got an interesting one the other day and you should check it out. It’s right here, just scroll down to the end of the comments till you get to the comment left by Joe and then you can read my rebuttal.
It’s Friday finally and we have a three day weekend coming up and I can’t wait, it’s been a long week. Tonight I thought we’d take it easy and take some photos while walking home down Fifth Avenue and take a stroll around Madison Park on 23rd Street.
And we're off. It's really nice out tonight. I hate to see the end of summer, but I always enjoy the fall. Winter I try not to think about.
I think I've posted this sign before, but it deserves another look. "Cigarettes & Candy." How Mayor Bloomberg hasn't shut this store down is a miracle.
Something tells me Sister Carol Perry is a bit of a cynic and good for her!
Scenes from a souvenir shop window: King Kong mocks the Statue of Liberty.
And here we are, the park is right across the street.
Madison Square Park.
No smoking in the park. Sheesh! Pretty soon they won't allow candy either.
It's nice and quiet on this side of the park, I'm surprised there's not more people milling around.
Plenty of park benches to relax on. I hear noise at the other end of the park, let's see what's going on.
Oh, I forgot, the original Shake Shack is here and this is where all the lemmings people are.
Wow, it's a full house. I've always been curious as to what the hell the attraction is here. How can a cheeseburger be this good? It's after 11:00 PM and I think the park closes at midnight, so there can't be much of a line. Maybe I'll finally be able to sample one. Let's go check it out.
Holy shitballs, look at this line!
It's at least a half an hour wait! Don't these people have anything better to do?
Well I do. I'm going to go home and drink the remainder of my Hurricane Irene beer stock. We'll get a cheeseburger tomorrow night. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
Further reading: Wikipedia, a view on cities, Shake Shack and Madison Square Park.
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Four Other Madison’s.
Madison Square Garden
James Madison
Dolley Madison
Dolly Madison
Don’t try to lay no boogie woogie,
On the king of rock ‘n’ roll.
(Surprise link...click on it...I dare you!)
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Funny, I was just thinking that worrying about second-hand smoke affecting NYC's outdoor air quality is like ordering a diet coke with 8 double quarter-pounders, a 20 piece McNugget, and a large fries.
I used to clean my weed on that Long John Baldry album cover! Damn...I have not heard that record in many lifetimes! Glad you made it through the hurricane Dude! To Cheeseburgers and Hurricane Stock!
Those Shake Shack people are sad ... wait in a long line like that for a burger ? .... I don't get it. I wouldn't wait in that line if they were exchanging $20 bills for $50 bills. I have no patience - couldn't do it. Nope. Not me.
Well I'm glad you set that guy Joe straight,,,,over on 365. That was one of my co pilot bars and if I recall you were tired and looking for something near work. If Joe knew how to read properly he would of seen "Demsey" instead of "Dempsey". No one ever claimed it was connected to Jack,,,,what a genius Joe is. The link on making hash browns was great,,,the guy fed his dogs some potatoes as he was peeling and made a great version,,,and he flipped them like a real pro too. I've tried making it before but I either burned them or under cooked them,,,,good post today.
"Surprise, surprise, surprise!" - Gomer Pyle, USMC commenting on today's surprise link.
And as for old Joe and his comment...I wonder if that's the same Joe they made the movie about back in '69 with Peter Boyle and Susan Sarandon?
http://youtu.be/MMNlAMYwDkU
@csp: Agreed on the second-hand smoke comparison. They make a twenty piece McNugget pack? That's scary!
@Professor Dungpie: Ha! I rolled many joints on that album cover myself! A great album with one side produced by Rod Stewart and the other produced by Elton John. To Cheeseburgers and Hurricane Stock!
@GENE: I hear you. I think they do it so they can tell their friends how long they waited in line at the Shake Shack. Pathetic!
@Al: I love these online know-it-alls who probably have a third grader's I.Q. He's probably someone who leaves comments at the NY Post, some of those people are truly frightening. Glad you like the hash brown link, I've never tried to make them.
@Jaws: Gomer would be the perfect person to comment on that link! Great movie link, forgot all about that movie! I think that's him!
Looks like everyone left the city for the long weekend, except those craving a shake. I could understand that line if it was the only place around to get a shake or hamburger, but pretty sure that isn't the case. I think you need to stand in that line sometime, purely for my own curiosity.
I hate lines...
i'm on prednisone for my asthma
so i have a real short fuse this week..
put me in that line and i can make it shorter with five tourette like shrieks
but then again the police might get called.
In the 70s and 80s I think I was in Madison Square Park nearly every day and night, smoking dope, picking up people, male and female, and going off into little crevices on the side streets. God, the park was never peopled by ice cream eaters like it is now, ugh! We were after more subtle things, like feeling each other up, stroking and disappearing back into the night. Ah, the darkness, what bliss... Those were the days...
@kari: I don't know if I could ever have the patience to stand in that line, but maybe one of these months.
@Gidget: Instead of standing in the line, how about burning the joint down?
@Mykola Mick Dementiuk: Sounds like a different world back then and it was!
damn...stand in line for a hamburger and for a 1/2 hour at that...i have not been able to think of one reason to stand in any line for any amount time...oh well...hope all have a great weekend (well what's left of it)...
I hate small towns because once you've seen the cannon in the park there's nothing else to do.
Lenny Bruce
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@rr: I swear to God, it's so people can say to their friends, "I stood in line for 45 minutes at Shake Shack last night." Complete idiots! I hope you're having a good weekend, it's a long one, still two days to go and tomorrow is a Chillmaster Road Trip to Coney Island! Love that quote from one of my idols!
when i read your "hurricane" irene hamburger quest a few days ago i was wondering when you would do a shake shack post.
the last time I stood in this shake shack line was a few months ago when i came home from a hot day at work, tired, just wanted a simple scoop of ice cream. I stopped by, stood in the B line. When it was my turn at the register, but they announced they had to put in a new roll of paper for the cash register. i stood in line patiently and didn't step forward to the window until they were finished.
Then THIS FUCKING HIPSTER BEHIND ME told me it was my turn to move up, i politely told him they are fixing the register, they are not ready. I guess this asshole made a fuss. i was ready to fucking kick the shit out of him and get arrested in turn by nypd pigs who would no doubt believe this asshole whitey (i'm a chink). I finally got my 1 scoop of ice cream and told this asshole to fuck off, he called me a douche. no more shake shack for me. KILL ALL HIPSTERS, DON'T PATRONIZE ANY BUSINESSES THAT COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE CHEAP RENTS, JACK UP PRICES ON FOO FOO GARBAGE CATERING TO SO-CALLED SMELLY HIPSTER SCUMBAGS. i can understand old school gentrification, that's fine, but hipster gentrification is destructive.
@rkc: You have more patience than me!
I highly doubt their food is worth the wait. But. This is where the smartphone comes in handy. You can play Angry Birds or read Marty's blog while waiting!
I really, really like that King Kong/Statue of Liberty shot. However, Coke Zero blows.
@Biff: Coke Zero lives up to its name.