Shake Shack Lunch Wait Times in Handy Graph Form

Posted by Robyn Lee, September 10, 2008 at 2:00 PM

A nearly-empty Shake Shack; just the way I like it!

If you love eating at Shake Shack but hate waiting in a mile-long line, check out Vinicius Vacanti's Shake Shack Lunch Wait Time Graph. Using information from the Shake Shack Flash Mob on Twitter, he plotted wait times against the time of day. To endure the shortest wait for a Shake Shack burger he suggests going after 3 p.m. or during bad weather, with pre-noon lines being hit-or-miss. Make sure to check out the Shake Shack webcam to witness the horrifyingly long (or surprisingly short) line in real time.

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Tags: Flatiron District, Manhattan, NYC, Shake Shack

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Obviously this graph is missing more than a few data points between noon and 2pm. And needs to be cross referenced against weather and time of year.

kathryn at 2:26PM on 09/10/08

I work close enough to it that I can just check the Shack Cam. This is pretty genius, but you don't need a graph to tell you that when it's beautiful out like it is today and it's around lunchtime or just after work, the lines are probably long.

Adam Kuban at 2:47PM on 09/10/08

@kathryn Yeah, there were few data points reported from 12 to 2 pm. I guess the shake shack flash mob knows better than to try to grab lunch during those times. And, as you pointed out, weather and time of year are very important.

vacanti at 3:55PM on 09/10/08

@vacanti: I think with the press this is getting, more people will twitter and give you more data points. It would be cool to see this graph revisited from time to time!

Adam Kuban at 4:00PM on 09/10/08

@adam: surprisingly, around 12:30pm today the line was only just down past the sand!

kathryn at 4:17PM on 09/10/08

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