Ehh, I've never been impressed with a Ted Drewes' milkshake. They churn stuff out too quickly to make a good milkshake, and I don't like the way the custard comes out in a shake.

Concretes or sundaes, however, Ted Drewes' is full of win. My house is ~2 blocks away. It's very hard to resist the siren's call...

Steak and Shake has my vote, very yummmmy

I love Carl's Jr vanilla shakes.

Their's are good. They use hand dipped ice cream. No shake machine.

I have hesitated to post this for fear of not being believed, but--

When I lived in New York, a long time ago (and please do not ask how long ago), just out of graduate school, and from the South, I ordered a milk shake and was given a glass of milk shaken with a syrup--chocolate, I suppose, though I've forgotten. I asked what happened to the ice cream and I was given to understand that the expectation that milk shakes should contain ice cream was a southern expectation. In New York, the server said, milk shakes were not made with ice cream, that they were just shaken.

It is possible that the server was mistaken and was thinking just of--my mind has gone blank now, shaking a carbonated beverage with a syrup. But I think I recall complaining to acquaintances and was told the same thing, that in New York, milk shakes did not contain ice cream.

Anyhow, FWIW. New York now "allows" iced tea as well, and when I was there, people found the idea rather laughable. Sandwiches have changed too.

But the milk shake thing seems to be a pretty major difference.

Is anyone out there who remembers the same thing?

As I said, I hesitate to post this. Anyhow--[preparing to wince if no one else is aware of it]

I found this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milkshake

SkeptiCallie, my Dad used to tell me of similar experiences, but in Boston, not New York. He said up there you had to ask for a "frappe" or you didn't get ice cream.

Cold Stone Creamery shakes are a favourite, however a rarer pleasure given they can contain up to 2000 calories

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...n-rashers.html

In terms of chains, I have to go with Steak N' Shake. Excellent milkshake.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Portillo's chocolate cake shakes. (Personally, I hate them, but they do have their fans.)

When I was growing up in Minneapolis, non-fast food milk shakes and malts were both lumpy, with lumps of ice cream and partly mixed liquid. That's the way I like them. They were not of uniform consistency.

I dislike the current milkshakes (and malts, if I can find them), which are so thick that the spoon stands up in them and so thoroughly blended that they may as well be made of pure soft-serve ice cream.

Took my sons to Cheeseburger Cheeseburger in White Plains on Friday. I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of their milkshakes. The burger wasn't too bad either.

In agreement on Ted Drewes' milkshake. Decent, but not great. Now the rest of the menu is amazing. I usually just get a dipped cone because I enjoy the taste of the custard so much.

Find an old fashioned diner in New York City and have a vanilla or chocolate egg cream. Nothing like the real thing (and the bottled variety doesn't come close - sorry)

A few years ago I had a milk shake at a Steak and Shake that had ice chips in it (not ice crystals as if it been re-frozen, but lots of small chips.) It ended up tasting like "ice milk" I remember getting as a kid - very watered down. One of the worst shakes I have ever had. Based on all the positive comments here about Steak and Shake, that shake must have been an anomaly for the chain, so I guess I'll give them another try.