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Shamrock Shake Sightings: Now Out in NYC

Difficult and sometimes impossible to find in New York City, McDonald's Shamrock Shake inspires a peculiar cult following. These days, when people finally do get their hands on one they often find it to be more of a sham than anything else. In reality, it's just a vanilla milkshake blended (incompletely) with DayGlo-colored mint syrup. Decidedly artificial, the mint flavor has shades of low-quality, grainy mint chocolate chip ice cream. Still, this limited-time offering gets people excited.

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Weir's Ice Cream in Salisbury Mills, NY: How We Spent an Hour Before Adam Kuban's Wedding

We weren't especially hungry and definitely overdressed, but when you pass a sign for Weir's Ice Cream, you stop. Actually, sign does not begin to describe the nearly two-story high soft serve cone (with a vanilla-chocolate swirly top, naturally) next to the stand. It was visible from many a street light away, and potentially from space. Ed was driving our Hertz-rented car through the Hudson Valley last weekend when we saw it. I don't think a car has ever parked so fast.

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Tasting the New Concretes from Theater District Shake Shack

[Photo: Robyn Lee] In another installment of the continued and delicious saga entitled "Shake Shack Takes New York," this week saw the opening of the new Theater District outpost of our favorite burgers-and-custard joint. We headed over to check...

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Sugar Rush: Fig Milkshake at Il Laboratorio del Gelato

[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] It's hard to pick a flavor, just one flavor, to use in a milkshake at Il Laboratorio del Gelato. So let's make it easy—fig. They blend it up with whole milk, making for a clean,...

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Sugar Rush: Espresso Frappé at Grom

[Photo: Kathy YL Chan] L'arte del Gelato is my favorite shop for gelato in the city, but there is no denying that Grom turns out excellent frappés ($6.25) all summer long. Your choice of any gelato or sorbet blended...

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Shamrock Shakes Sighted in Union Square

Thanks to SE user butterface for pointing out this Gothamist piece confirming that McDonald's Shamrock Shake will, in fact, be available at the Union Square West McDonald's today (map). Green milkshake fans, rejoice!...

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Sugar Rush: Sesame and Avocado Milkshakes at Mikey's Burger

[Photograph: Robyn Lee] Burgers may be the draw, but don't dine without a milkshake or two at Mikey's Burger on the Lower East Side. Milkshakes are $5 apiece, with Vietnamese Coffee, Strawberry, Chocolate, Avocado, Sesame, Strawberry, and Black &...

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Sugar Rush: Chocolate-Chili Frappe at L'Arte Del Gelato

[Photo: Kathy Chan] At L'Arte del Gelato, hands-down my favorite gelato shop in the city, I get gelato in a cone, and in a cup, and on some occasions, on brioche in a sandwich. But this morning, I had...

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Gus and Gabriel Gastropub: The Greek Coffee Shop (Diner) of Our Dreams?

Imagine your local Greek coffee shop or diner being taken over by a hard-working fancypants celebrity chef, who happens to be Greek-American. Sounds promising, doesn't it? See what chef Michael Psilakis (of Anthos, Kefi, and Mia Dona) has done at the new Gus and Gabriel Gastropub on the Upper West side.

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Sugar Rush: Meltshakes at Murray's Cheese Shop

At Murray's Cheese in the West Village, they call it the "Meltshake". Enter in through the glass doors on Bleecker, and look to your right. There you'll see a big chalkboard offering shakes concocted in flavors of Chocolate and...

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