“The logistics of entering the market with the right food and suppliers; that’s what took a lot of time (to open here) even though Canada is so close,” said Shake Shack culinary director Jim Frisch at the Monday afternoon preview of the 135-seat, two-floor restaurant inside the former Adidas flagship store.
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Shake Shack’s crinkle cut fries with cheese sauce, and a Fifty/Fifty drink of half lemonade, half unsweetened iced tea from Pluck Teas.
The Toronto location will have a special milkshake: vanilla custard blended with salted pretzels and maple syrup, and topped with whipped cream and crushed pretzels for $7.29.
Canada’s first Shake Shack is at Yonge and Dundas, where the Adidas store used to be.