421419 Sun Jul 15 19:42:54 -0700 2007 77 18 Manhattan 0 2752525 Who has got the best milkshakes in all of Manhattan? Sun Jul 15 19:42:54 -0700 2007 76968 steakrules85 1 2752535 Sounds like a suggestive question, but getting past that I'd say the place on Avenue A around 7th does a nice job. Sun Jul 15 19:48:08 -0700 2007 2752525 80872 addictedtolunch 2 2752569 Ray's Deli ... is the 'place on Avenue A around 7th' that 'does a nice job.'. Ray's ---> http://famousfatdave.com/blog/2006/05/18/my-perfect-new-york-moment/ If you want a real classic, then it's the Lexington Candy Shop. (Can be expensive though). View the slide show ---> http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/lexington-candy-shop/ Sun Jul 15 20:04:05 -0700 2007 2752535 10609 Cheese Boy 2 2802383 this is the place w/ the little window right (where you could get a sundae at 2 a.m.)? i used to work right next door, and thought that was so rad you could get a sundae virtually anytime. Wed Aug 01 00:28:37 -0700 2007 2752535 22888 unocal 3 2825279 Wait, where is Ray's?? I've tried finding it twice now. Did it change its name? I found a place which advertised its milkshakes on Ave A between St.M's and 7th, it was a tiny little place with two ladies behind the counter. It didn't say Ray's anywhere though and I think it was called Belgian Frites. Help?! Wed Aug 08 09:42:14 -0700 2007 2802383 117641 AgentRed 4 2825757 That's Rays. It has a take-out window on the street side, with a hand-written sign advertising their shakes, malts, egg creams, etc. P. Wed Aug 08 11:32:00 -0700 2007 2825279 24813 Polecat 1 2752726 The shakes at Philly Slim's always seem to hit the spot for me. Super sweet and cold cups of deliciousness. Sun Jul 15 21:30:25 -0700 2007 2752525 19768 BaconBits 1 2753119 Believe it or not, The Skylight Diner on 34th St. makes a mean vanilla milkshake. Mon Jul 16 06:33:12 -0700 2007 2752525 110996 LeahBaila 1 2753129 I was delighted to find that Blue Smoke had a wonderful vanilla milkshake. It was kind of odd having it after stuffing myself with ribs and side dishes, but I finished the entire milkshake (it was that good!). Mon Jul 16 06:36:29 -0700 2007 2752525 12019 ellenost 1 2753162 The black cow shake at Good Burger. Good Lord. Mon Jul 16 06:51:48 -0700 2007 2752525 74506 abud 1 2753312 Johnny Rockets, though pretty awful in the burger department, has my favorite black and white shake. Mon Jul 16 07:47:06 -0700 2007 2752525 19580 ChowDiva 2 2763767 I actually had one on Tuesday night. It tasted okay, but it had chunks of ice in it. At that place you're at the mercy of whomever is working there and doesn't want to be. www.SnapshotArtifact.org Thu Jul 19 06:27:33 -0700 2007 2753312 16371 Midtown Jimmi 1 2753752 Dare I say it? Shake Shack? Best Black and White I've ever had anyway. They use hot fudge instead of chocolate syrup! Mon Jul 16 09:41:03 -0700 2007 2752525 22662 Nick F. 2 2758183 Big 2nd for Shake Shack B&W. Tue Jul 17 12:46:59 -0700 2007 2753752 12695 harrison 1 2753919 HANDS DOWN Island Burgers on 50-something and 9th Ave. They may not have fries, but holy cow the shakes are to die for. You might die sucking them out of the cup though, super super thick. Mon Jul 16 10:22:02 -0700 2007 2752525 56793 ballulah 2 2762832 How could I forget Island Burger? Yes, their shakes are fantastic!! Wed Jul 18 17:59:19 -0700 2007 2753919 110996 LeahBaila 1 2753971 Shake Shack I really like some of the flavors at Stand, but they are much thicker Little Pie Company does a good traditional milkshake I'd like to try Ronnybrook in Chelsea Market now that it's reopened I didn't much care for Brgr, which had received some good press (I think they may use Ronnybrook ice cream) Mon Jul 16 10:32:45 -0700 2007 2752525 10216 Lucia 2 2797298 Off topic a little, but I was really psyched for Ronnybrook ice cream and went in just last week. I got a taste of the ginger creme brulee flavor and didn't like it, so I got the strawberry. And it was, honestly, kind of gross. It tasted like strawberry-flavored Nestle Quik syrup. Which is completely baffling, because I know (assume) they use fresh ingredients and all that jazz. But ugh. I actually threw it away. I will go back, probably, but man I hope their other flavors are better... Mon Jul 30 14:04:27 -0700 2007 2753971 101795 bluestone 2 2805836 Speaking up as someone who is admittedly not a shake-maven, the toasted marshmallow shake at Stand is one big, cold wet dream. Yum! Wed Aug 01 21:39:04 -0700 2007 2753971 44866 kittyboots 1 2758265 The chocolate shake at Shake Shack is to die for. It's made with Valrhona chocolate and it's got the most intense, pure chocolaty flavor of any shake I've had. Very decadent. Tue Jul 17 13:02:15 -0700 2007 2752525 46458 empecot 1 2758805 For quick and relatively cheap, I agree w/ ballulah re: Island Burger (766 9th Ave. btwn 51st & 52nd). However, if you have about 2 hours to spare, I know it's not exactly a milkshake, but I really think Serendipity's frozen hot chocolate is worth the hype (and the wait). I have found that the best way to deal w/ the ridiculous line is to put your name down, then get take-out from Taksim (awesome Turkish on 2nd and 55th-ish), then eat it outside while you wait for your table at Serendipity. P.S.: under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should you eat the non-dessert food at Serendipity, it is truly vile. Tue Jul 17 15:06:02 -0700 2007 2752525 112452 queenzeke 1 2758926 Black and White at Zip Burger Any shake at the Shake Shack Tue Jul 17 15:53:41 -0700 2007 2752525 20483 jenniebnyc 1 2761605 What about malts? They seem hard to find and then, if found, hard to get done right (i.e. with lots of malt). Johnny Rockets has a good one...anywhere else? Wed Jul 18 12:27:21 -0700 2007 2752525 52093 pastoralia 2 2761696 I agree that Johnny Rockets has the best malted milk shake. I just returned from having one at Stand which was excellent although extremely thick. Wed Jul 18 12:48:37 -0700 2007 2761605 70673 maggiepc 3 2761727 Where's Stand? Wed Jul 18 12:55:39 -0700 2007 2761696 52093 pastoralia 4 2761774 Link - I've read that they use the gelato from Labortorio di Gelato for the shakes: Wed Jul 18 13:05:59 -0700 2007 2761727 10985 MMRuth 5 2763772 they do indeed! try the toasted marshmallow! Thu Jul 19 06:29:22 -0700 2007 2761774 100441 elizabeththinks 3 2763773 Speaking of Stand. The Toasted Marshmallow Milkshake there is unique and wonderful. I don't even like toasted marshmallows (hate the gooey stickiness), but like it. Worth a try. www.SnapshotArtifact.org Thu Jul 19 06:29:23 -0700 2007 2761696 16371 Midtown Jimmi 4 2764120 The Toasted Marshmallow is the best shake. Hands down. Thick, flavorful, great texture. Wonderful. Island Burger: cloying vanilla ice cream used for the black and white. Disappointing. Johnny Rockets: Great when you stay in: you get the extra in the metal container. EJs (on the UWS) is pretty good too. Thu Jul 19 08:18:16 -0700 2007 2763773 27788 NYC Sassy Gal 5 3033513 Just had the Toasted Marshmallow shake at Stand. Absolutely incredible. And the Burger/onion rings were out of this world. Just amazing! Sun Oct 14 12:20:34 -0700 2007 2764120 134624 jdross19 6 3035063 I've got to try the Toasted Marshmallow shake. Where is Stand located? Mon Oct 15 06:55:27 -0700 2007 3033513 12019 ellenost 7 3035065 Link to place here - http://www.chowhound.com/topics/421419#2761774 Mon Oct 15 06:56:07 -0700 2007 3035063 10985 MMRuth 1 2761751 Cozy Soup n' Burger, B'way & 8th Wed Jul 18 13:00:11 -0700 2007 2752525 29614 dude 1 2762818 Silver Spurs makes the best strawberry malted around. Broadway locale. Wed Jul 18 17:55:47 -0700 2007 2752525 112532 motocarlo 1 2762846 Lexington Candy Shop Wed Jul 18 18:03:08 -0700 2007 2752525 10173 guttergourmet 1 2763323 Ellen's Stardust Diner. 50's style diner, only place that really does make them like they used to. Wed Jul 18 21:50:58 -0700 2007 2752525 75215 hungry_fox 2 2797418 Agree with Ellen's, though I've never had a non-alcoholic milkshake there. They sell a variety of "adult milkshakes" and the alcohol brings the milkshake to the next level. Mon Jul 30 14:33:47 -0700 2007 2763323 12887 josephsm 1 2763560 Tom's Restaurant (aka the diner that everyone takes a picture in front of and calls it the Seinfeld dinner) makes a real good milkshake. The coffee ones are delicious. Thu Jul 19 04:40:37 -0700 2007 2752525 103062 AndrewOG 2 2763956 Whoa, a coffee milkshake? That sounds interesting. Is it coffee ice cream or is it vanilla ice cream with brewed coffee in it? Thu Jul 19 07:29:26 -0700 2007 2763560 10609 Cheese Boy 3 2774814 good question. i think its coffee ice cream with regular milk. delicious nontheless Mon Jul 23 10:29:03 -0700 2007 2763956 103062 AndrewOG 4 2777339 A coffee milkshake is made with coffee syrup and coffee ice cream, just as a chocolate milkshake is made with chocolate syrup and chocolate icecream. Mix the chocolate and coffee together -- I guess what Tom's calls a Broadway shake -- for a mocha milkshake (my favorite). Mon Jul 23 22:11:29 -0700 2007 2774814 10820 Blumie 5 2796797 I grew up on coffee milkshakes (my mom is from RI where coffee milk is the state drink). Any idea where i can find them in NYC? nobody seems to use real coffee syrup (it guess since its hard to come by here) but they're my go-to comfort food when times are tough. Any suggestions? Mon Jul 30 12:01:47 -0700 2007 2777339 107245 jabuon 6 2798356 I liked BLT Burger's coffee shake, but couldn't tell you if it was made that way. i suspect it had coffee syrup... and it was really good! Mon Jul 30 19:29:47 -0700 2007 2796797 81666 mlt9 6 2801896 Coffee syrup's only hard to come by if you ask for it at a place that doesn't have it. :) Fox's (of U-Bet fame) makes one, for instance. Tue Jul 31 19:25:41 -0700 2007 2796797 10465 hatless 5 2798451 A lot of purists (myself not included) say a choc. shake is to be made with vanilla ice cream. I always make sure it's choc. ice cream, as it can't be too chocolatey for me. Also, "baffling" totally covers the Ronnybrook experience. Their chocolate is only BARELY chocolate. I don't get it! Mon Jul 30 20:02:36 -0700 2007 2777339 14308 sing me a bar 3 2774824 Oh yeah, Tom's was my go-to in college! Half-chocolate, half-coffee ice cream was their "famous" Broadway shake. Tom's has two other points of fame people don't talk about so much... 1) it's the "Tom's" from Suzanne Vega's song "Tom's Diner" (hotly contested, but this is the real spot), and 2) there is a NASA office right upstairs. Mon Jul 23 10:31:04 -0700 2007 2763956 56793 ballulah 4 2805414 Oh yes, Tom's for chocolate shakes. Entire summer of our junior year, my twin sister (at Columbia) and I (at Barnard) went to Tom's several times a week for chocolate shakes. February my senior year, I go to Symposia, the Greek restaurant around the corner from Tom's, and I hear from across the room, "Ah, choc-o-lat meelk-shake!" Same waiter as at Tom's (same owners presumably). Oh, and Suzanne Vega went to Barnard right up the street, so that is almost certainly her Tom's, plus the "bells of the cathedral" were those from St. John the Divine a couple of blocks away. Wed Aug 01 18:42:35 -0700 2007 2774824 41864 optimal forager 1 2764736 The chocolate milkshake at City Bakery is one of NY's best chocolate treats! Go towards the back on the right side where they have a counter and seats set up; that's where the shake machine is. Thu Jul 19 10:50:28 -0700 2007 2752525 19632 The Engineer 1 2765412 Can't comment on "best," but a shake from burger joint, together with a burger and fries, makes me very happy! Thu Jul 19 13:17:59 -0700 2007 2752525 10820 Blumie 2 2765439 I forgot about the Burger Joint shake--I agree, it's great. Thu Jul 19 13:22:37 -0700 2007 2765412 10216 Lucia 1 2765552 The Strawberry Malt at Island Burgers. Does anywhere have a good oreo shake? Thu Jul 19 13:45:36 -0700 2007 2752525 98880 kam0424 2 2774807 It must be said, the Strawberry/Oreo "Crazy Shake" at Sassy's Sliders, is pretty darned good. (86th and 3rd) Mon Jul 23 10:28:32 -0700 2007 2765552 56793 ballulah 1 2775665 Anyone know what happened to the Bespeckled Trout? (I heard about it on the boards for GREAT malts and shakes, but it seems to have disappeared.) =( Mon Jul 23 13:35:07 -0700 2007 2752525 72552 AndCalliope 2 2799399 Sadly, the Bespeckled Trout closed down. It was such an amazing gem of a place, with hard to find candies and a real-deal soda fountain bar. I totally miss it. Tue Jul 31 08:08:53 -0700 2007 2775665 115674 moxielady 3 2799639 Anyone know if this pplace was featured for egg creams on Boy Meets Grills? Tue Jul 31 09:18:45 -0700 2007 2799399 100441 elizabeththinks 4 3035379 You're thinking of the Soda Shop on Chambers Street. Mon Oct 15 08:42:07 -0700 2007 2799639 126423 lookingforpig 1 2777777 blt burger has great shakes, alcoholic and nonalcoholic. I am appalled by the burgers but the shakes are so good I still go there to get them to go. Tue Jul 24 06:32:56 -0700 2007 2752525 26358 scanditrash 2 2777880 Anyone know where to get good frozen yogurt shakes? Tue Jul 24 07:05:41 -0700 2007 2777777 65585 jackieparis 3 2796448 NY Burger Company makes great fro yo shakes. I like the Elvis. Chocolate fro yo, peanut butter and banana added. Mmmm. Mon Jul 30 10:41:53 -0700 2007 2777880 56793 ballulah 4 2796893 This sounds great! Thanks. I had a good fro yo shake at Cafe Lalo last week. It was vanilla yogurt with orange juice in it. So refreshing! Mon Jul 30 12:25:12 -0700 2007 2796448 65585 jackieparis 1 2796815 Just went to the new Ronnybrook Milk Bar in Chelsea Market and have to say the shake I had was in another league. You could really taste the clean freshness of the milk and cream. I had the blueberry-pomegranate flavor (which in and of itself was a little artificial, but the overall shake tasted awesome.) My BF had a daily special shake, chocolate with orange peel, which tasted just like one of those gourmet Perugina or similar chocolate bars with orange flavor, terrific. I want to try the 'apple pie a la mode' shake next. Mon Jul 30 12:04:09 -0700 2007 2752525 11114 jeanki 1 2797198 I am by no means a milkshake expert at all. That having been said; chocolate milkshakes from a Mr. Softee truck are reliably delicious and creamy. Mon Jul 30 13:44:07 -0700 2007 2752525 82426 jdream 2 2800972 I second Mr. Softee. Love that theme music-dumdeedum, dumm dumm dumm, dumm, dumm dee dee dumm dumm dumm. Tue Jul 31 14:31:56 -0700 2007 2797198 10173 guttergourmet 1 2797451 shopsin's! zach, kenny's son, makes a killer chocolate malt at the new spot in the essex street market. it's huge and comes with a bendy straw, to boot. Mon Jul 30 14:41:42 -0700 2007 2752525 58947 jenniferlynn 2 2797655 I agree that shopsin's is the best. they have the most flavors, and although they do not advertise this fact, they make their own ice cream. Mon Jul 30 15:34:02 -0700 2007 2797451 28245 ghbrooklyn 1 2799405 Peanut Butter & Co makes fantastic shakes - I love the vanilla and peanut butter combo. Tue Jul 31 08:10:05 -0700 2007 2752525 115674 moxielady 1 2799645 I really like the chocolate and banana shake at Vynl. It is a great combination..... Tue Jul 31 09:20:54 -0700 2007 2752525 12419 jcooper 1 2799908 Anyone had the pistachio ricotta one at Stand? Tue Jul 31 10:26:03 -0700 2007 2752525 100441 elizabeththinks 2 2801444 I never did but I heard it isn't good because you get chunks of pistachios when you slurp it up and the consistency isn't good. Tue Jul 31 16:54:06 -0700 2007 2799908 76968 steakrules85 1 2801966 yes--shopsins! also brgr on 7th ave uses Ronnybrook and does a stellar job. schnack in brooklyn does beer milkshakes--i like the vanilla one better than the chocolate (even though they use a stout--the vanilla works better in my opinion). Tue Jul 31 19:59:56 -0700 2007 2752525 88307 carrottop 2 2802039 What is the bets flavor that Shopsins has? Tue Jul 31 20:26:56 -0700 2007 2801966 76968 steakrules85 3 2805376 their chocolate malt rocks! and although it's not a milkshake, the orange julius brings back some found, chalky memories ; ) Wed Aug 01 18:32:30 -0700 2007 2802039 88307 carrottop 3 2826916 Anyone tried Shopsin's blue cheese malted milkshake? This actually sounds like it could be really good. I've never been to Shopsin's but plan to go soon. Wed Aug 08 16:00:12 -0700 2007 2802039 43257 KateC. 2 2802042 I remember seeing that on Cooking in Brooklyn, I believe, with Alan Harding. A beer milkshake. Nice! Tue Jul 31 20:28:01 -0700 2007 2801966 10609 Cheese Boy 1 2802351 I've done a survey of chocolate shakes at ice cream places (as opposed to restaurants), and the champ is Mary's Dairy (with the Killer Chocolate ice cream). 2 locations: W 4th St. bet. 5th & 6th, and 1st Ave. bet. 9th & 10th. Tue Jul 31 23:44:51 -0700 2007 2752525 37126 jtacobell 1 3034048 I am a BLT Burger guy...the shakes are fantastic, In particular the Peanut Butter Sun Oct 14 17:11:22 -0700 2007 2752525 58976 drich0612 1 3035376 The Soda Shop on Chambers St. makes a great black & white. Mon Oct 15 08:41:16 -0700 2007 2752525 126423 lookingforpig 1 3036698 Totally a tourist trap, I know (and what's up with the attitude, mr. bitchy hostess/hostman?), but you gotta love Serendipity 3's frozen hot chocolate! ---------------------------- I like to eats. http://dru.gobbl.com Mon Oct 15 13:44:27 -0700 2007 2752525 131604 druz99