Shack Stack
Two burgers wearing one bun. A cheeseburger and a fried, cheese-filled portobello are stacked together with lettuce, tomato and ShackSauce, and the result is tall, rich and ridiculous. It is a dare more than a lunch. Cut it in half before you start, or the molten cheese from the mushroom will end up on your shirt.
The story
It began as the obvious question from people standing in the queue: why choose between the cheeseburger and the ’Shroom Burger. Shake Shack put both in one bun and charged accordingly. The stack is a fair summary of how the menu grows — slowly, out of what regulars were already asking for, rather than from a product pipeline. It has outlasted most of the limited specials the chain has run since.
What’s inside
- smashed Angus beef patty
- American cheese
- crisp-fried cheese-stuffed portobello
- lettuce
- tomato
- ShackSauce
- potato bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Shack Stack yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, a special sauce and cheese
McDonald's Big Mac (Copycat) - Shares beef and cheese
The Burger Ball Pit - Shares beef and cheese
Zachariah's Shack Burger - Shares beef and cheese
The Krusty Burger
The Shack Stack on YouTube
Everyone who has cooked, copied or taste-tested it on camera.
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Shack Stack.- Ruby's Diner · beef, a special sauce and cheese
SignatureThe Classic - Fatburger · beef, a special sauce and cheese
1000 Island Burger - Peter Pane · beef, a special sauce and cheese
Feige Ziege - Carl's Jr. · beef, a special sauce and cheese
SignatureFamous Star with Cheese
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About Shake Shack
Shake Shack began as a hot dog cart in New York’s Madison Square Park in 2001, run by restaurateur Danny Meyer to support an art project in the park. The lines got so long that a permanent kiosk opened there in 2004, and the ShackBurger it sold became one of the most imitated burgers in America.
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