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Giant Milkshakes Are Drawing Huge Crowds in New York City
ABC News ^ | January 19, 2016 | Avianne Tan

Posted on 01/20/2016 9:42:53 AM PST by C19fan

Despite freezing temperatures in New York City, dessert lovers are waiting in lines up to two hours long just to get a taste of these "hella insane" milkshakes.

The artfully-designed shakes, which are almost a foot tall, sell for $15 at Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer, according to the the restaurant's head chef and owner, Joe Isidori.

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TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: shakes
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Some diet busters there. I guess I am a reactionary as a vanilla shake is all I need.
1 posted on 01/20/2016 9:42:53 AM PST by C19fan
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Saw some of these on tv this morning. They look disgusting to me.


2 posted on 01/20/2016 9:44:03 AM PST by pgkdan (Trump/Cruz 2016!)
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3 posted on 01/20/2016 9:44:20 AM PST by dfwgator
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4 posted on 01/20/2016 9:44:46 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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They look disgusting even to my sweet tooth.


5 posted on 01/20/2016 9:45:01 AM PST by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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Good thing Nanny Bloomberg ain’t around anymore.


6 posted on 01/20/2016 9:45:14 AM PST by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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Bloomberg laying down in front of the entrance to block access?


7 posted on 01/20/2016 9:45:21 AM PST by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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They look absolutely disgusting.

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8 posted on 01/20/2016 9:46:54 AM PST by Mears
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Beautiful. But I would just as soon eat one as I would the tire on my car.


9 posted on 01/20/2016 9:47:46 AM PST by skeeter (Nasty Conservative for Cruz)
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Two words:

Diabetic coma.

Other than that they look great, like works of art, and more difficult to eat than a lobster.


10 posted on 01/20/2016 9:48:10 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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LOL i thought that said Nancy Bloomberg hahahaha
either I’m bleary or I need new glasses, but it was funny anyway heehee


11 posted on 01/20/2016 9:48:13 AM PST by KGeorge
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ps They look like a mess to me. ugh Can’t stand sticky food. Or drinks.


12 posted on 01/20/2016 9:49:14 AM PST by KGeorge
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If you order wrong he yells no milkshake for you!


13 posted on 01/20/2016 9:49:36 AM PST by Larry Lucido
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I don’t think much of the food as art trend.


14 posted on 01/20/2016 9:51:22 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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Are they government approved? Too much saturated fat and sugar, tsk tsk. Ol Bloomy needs to ban them. /sarc.
15 posted on 01/20/2016 9:51:29 AM PST by dhs12345
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I’ll take the milk shake part, but you can keep the dessert buffet for 12.


16 posted on 01/20/2016 9:51:33 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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Best get them before they are outlawed by Bill de Blasio.


17 posted on 01/20/2016 9:51:39 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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Their milkshakes....They are indeed bringing them all to the yard!


18 posted on 01/20/2016 9:54:14 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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"I don't think much of the food as art trend."

Maybe this is "art as food." I think they're interesting to look at, but I can't imagine eating one.

I have to fight the Battle of the Bulge, but even if I didn't, these look so sweet that I don't think I could take much without getting sick.

19 posted on 01/20/2016 9:56:29 AM PST by TontoKowalski (Satisfied Customer #291)
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They look ridiculous. Give me a Jack in the Box shake any day.


20 posted on 01/20/2016 9:59:34 AM PST by Ronald_Magnus
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