Best milkshakes
Banana pudding, vanilla, Oreo and strawberry shakes at Chik-fil-A
YOUR PICKS:
1. Chik-fil-A
You say, “Chick-Fil-A! First choice Peach; second choice banana pudding. No other restaurant can touch them!”
2. Steak ‘n’ Shake
3. FLIP burger
4. Zesto
5. Johnny Rockets
Nutella and burnt marshmallow (from left to right), Krispy Kreme and spicy chocolate mole milkshakes from FLIP burger.
OUR PICKS
1. FLIP burger
AJC dining specialist Jon Horn says, “While FLIP Burger could win for best shake on creativity alone, with flavors like Cap’n Crunch and Foie Gras, the quality of ingredients and execution is outstanding. Newbies should start with a Nutella and Burnt Marshmellow shake, complete with bubbling liquid nitrogen.”
2. Grindhouse Killer Burgers – Piedmont
3. Morelli’s
4. Johnny Rockets
5. Chik-fil-a
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229 comments Add your comment
Bhorsoft
June 20th, 2011
5:01 pm
I’ve had shakes at almost all the places mentioned as well as at a lot of other places outside the state, and I have to say the best shake I’ve ever had anywhere was at the Grill in Athens. It is the best shake I’ve had anywhere and that includes old fashioned drugstore soda fountain shakes and at mom & pop places like the former Cream Pitcher in Robinson, IL. The Grill simply has the best milkshakes on the planet! (And no, I’m never went to UGA and I’m not particularly a dawg fan.)
Mmmmmmilk shake
June 20th, 2011
5:02 pm
Flip Burger’s Foie Gras, OMG..absolutely amazing.
Hester
June 20th, 2011
5:06 pm
Not sure, but thinking on it. Be back soon!
yuzeyurbrane
June 20th, 2011
5:13 pm
Zesto’s chocolate malted milkshake with vanilla ice cream
Thelma
June 20th, 2011
5:21 pm
Chick-fil-A The peach milkshake is the best. Can’t wait for summer.
George B
June 20th, 2011
5:48 pm
Flip has awesome shakes. They’re kind of pricey though. Zesto has great shakes too.
Mich
June 20th, 2011
5:51 pm
Arby’s Jamoca shake
pb
June 20th, 2011
5:58 pm
Thelma,
It is summer officially tomorrow, so tell Chick-fil-A to get those peach shakes going! Don’t know if they’re the best, though.
Johnny InSane
June 20th, 2011
6:01 pm
I’ve got to go with a place that makes its ice cream on site – Bruster’s. New York Cheesecake or Chocolate Raspberry Truffle!
BehindEnemyLines
June 20th, 2011
6:23 pm
The CFA & then S&S duo sounds like the correct 1-2 order to me.
Bryant Chitwood
June 20th, 2011
6:33 pm
My favorite, handsdown is the Zaxby’s birthday cake shake without sprinkles. I could have one three times a day, especially with the chocolate on top.
When those are “out of season” my favorite is Steak-N-Shake’s Dark Chocolate shake. YUM YUM!
Typical Redneck
June 20th, 2011
6:39 pm
Ted’s aren’t bad either.
Ice Cream Man
June 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
(Steak-N-Shake) If you have never tried theirs you don’t know what a GREAT milk shake really is!
Ice Cream Man
June 20th, 2011
6:48 pm
Enter your comments here
Big Daddy
June 20th, 2011
6:54 pm
The Grill in Athens….large enough to share, made with real ice cream and WHOLE milk……umm good!
Slotl
June 20th, 2011
7:31 pm
No one has mentioned Arby’s Jamoca Shake. Love coffee ice cream and unless you go to a “speciality” ice cream store, you will get, vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. Chick Fil A has added peach.
Arby’s Jamoca Shake rules!!!!
Mary B
June 20th, 2011
7:33 pm
Flip, Bruster’s, Zestos in that order
yum
June 20th, 2011
7:38 pm
BREWSTER’S ICE CREAM SHOP has really awesome milkshakes! Chick-fil-A is no sloucher, though, too.
Food Dude
June 20th, 2011
7:44 pm
Monday – Saturday the best milkshake is Chic-Fil-A. On Sundays the nod goes to Yeah Burger.
Glenn
June 20th, 2011
7:48 pm
Chick-fil-a…cookies and cream…the absolute best!
KevinM
June 20th, 2011
7:51 pm
Chik-Fil-A
Steak and Shake
Brusters
DQ
Arbys
McDonalds
Gotta try Flip now that I have heard of them.
BobbyT
June 20th, 2011
7:59 pm
Evans pharmacy in old-town Conyers! REAL, old-fashioned, hand-made shakes and malts still made the same way they made them 60+ years ago!!!
I have to laugh at people naming fast food places here. Really? McD’s? CFA? (although I DO dig the peach shakes!). If you think that ANY chain place makes good shakes (including the ice cream joints) then you have no concept of what a REALLY good shake is!!!!!!!!!!! As far as chains, etc go though Zesto’s beats them all!!
Jenna
June 20th, 2011
8:02 pm
Chick-Fil-A…banana pudding milkshake. I might cry when they get rid of it. I’m loving the milkshake elitists here who think you can’t enjoy a fast food chain’s milkshake.
BobbyT
June 20th, 2011
8:03 pm
And the absolute BEST shakes in the metro area are made……………………In my Kitchen!!!! Just ask my Granddaughter!!! When you start with REAL home-made ice cream and whole milk, it’s hard to go wrong!!!
Kat
June 20th, 2011
8:12 pm
Slotl: Someone did mention Arby’s Jamocha shake quite a while back; my brother loves those.
I like “Sweet Treats” on the square in Marietta. Mayfield ice cream makes everything perfect.
I’ve seen advertisements for the birthday cake shake at Zaxby’s – you folks are REALLY making me want to try that one!
Ted
June 20th, 2011
8:14 pm
That would be Cold Stone Creamery’s Chocolate Fudge Shake. Best damn shake you have ever had, bar none.
jconservative
June 20th, 2011
8:21 pm
In the mid and late 1960’s the vanilla shake at the Dairy Queen on North Decatur Road at Clairmont.
Everything I have had since then pales to insignificance.
Atlmom
June 20th, 2011
8:30 pm
Okay, I know we’re looking for the ‘best’ and all, and I really like Zesto’s (and all others mentioned – but really – friendly’s in the north is awesome). Anyway – have y’all ever had the milkshakes at QT? They’re incredibly reasonable and REALLY GOOD! Really!
MarieLetsEat
June 20th, 2011
8:53 pm
There are some good nominees here, but flatly, the best inside the perimeter, by far, can be found at Chapman Drugs in Hapeville. Have a vanilla-peach two-scoop malt instead of waiting for one of those overhyped Chick-fil-A shakes.
I got married through E Harmony
June 20th, 2011
8:55 pm
The McDonalds shakes are the best.
Grayson Mom
June 20th, 2011
9:26 pm
Beren’s Custard in Loganville makes something called a Concrete, which is as fabulous as any milkshake anywhere.
TC
June 20th, 2011
10:13 pm
The Collegiate Grill in Gainesville.
mecq
June 20th, 2011
10:24 pm
I do….!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CA
June 20th, 2011
10:44 pm
Chick- N- Shake!!
AD
June 20th, 2011
11:06 pm
Flip Burger!! Nutella & Burnt Marshmallow
John
June 20th, 2011
11:07 pm
Steak and Shake and Zestos. Diary Queen in a quick pinch
Jeff
June 20th, 2011
11:38 pm
Steve at 2:27…. dude, I don’t know what you’re thinking. Chick-fil-A has GREAT milkshakes… not the best in the world, but definitely top five. But your opinion gets eliminated because you ACTUALLY compared Chick-fil-A’s shakes to McDonald’s, Checkers and Arbys!!!! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
McDonald’s changed their mixture a few years back, and they are bland now and average at best. Arby’s is about the same, maybe a tad more flavor. And Checkers milkshakes are HORRIBLE. All artificial, the don’t taste real, and after five minutes, they start to break down into the coarse mix from which they started. Checkers is TERRIBLY over-rated as a food place, for ANYTHING.
Personally, I like Steak ‘n Shake and Brusters as two of my favorites, but I have ALWAYS loved the OK Cafe milkshakes… great dessert after a great meal.
Atlantarama
June 20th, 2011
11:49 pm
Zesto’s, Zesto’s, Zesto’s…
Char
June 21st, 2011
4:21 am
O K Cafe
Dairy Queen
Steak N Shake
Shakes-beer
June 21st, 2011
6:16 am
Banana Pudding Chik Fil A …BEST EVER!
Elizabeth Turner
June 21st, 2011
7:13 am
Strawberry from Chick Fil A! It beats the one from Zaxbys. But I haven’t yet tried the summer Peach shake from Chick Fil A, and I hear it is the best.
howard
June 21st, 2011
7:20 am
chick-fil-a peach shake
Vince Vega
June 21st, 2011
7:42 am
The $5 shake at Jack Rabbit Slims.
Eric
June 21st, 2011
7:45 am
Steak ‘n Shake’s milkshake flavors are really good, especially the Cookies’n Cream. Chick-fil-A’s Peppermint Chocolate Chip milkshake is so good, however it’s only around at Christmastime. When I had the funds to afford it, I liked strawberry milkshakes at Dave & Buster’s.
Podes
June 21st, 2011
8:15 am
FLIP Burger’s Nutella with Burnt Marshmallow BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yummy
June 21st, 2011
8:48 am
Arby’s jamocha shake
HOLLYWOOD
June 21st, 2011
8:55 am
Chick-fil-A has THE BEST shakes…especially the Oreo shake!!! Other than that, Steak & Sheak is great too.
johnny t-bone
June 21st, 2011
9:01 am
OK Cafe.
Chic-fil-A should be completely disregarded since they don’t use ice cream in their milkshakes. Bleh. Very similar to their ice dream crap. Bleh. Why even bother?
Laura
June 21st, 2011
9:12 am
It’s hard to beat Zesto’s Blueberry Milkshake. Grindhouse has a wicked shake, too.
Milkshake Lover
June 21st, 2011
9:17 am
Chick-Fil-A! First choice Peach; second choice banana pudding. No other restaurant can touch them!