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
Ashley Jacobs
June 21st, 2011
9:20 am
Milk shakes are typically 700+ calories. Stop getting so fat America!
Hood Rat
June 21st, 2011
9:31 am
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard,
And they’re like
It’s better than yours,
Damn right it’s better than yours,
I can teach you,
But I have to charge
I know you want it,
The thing that makes me,
What the guys go crazy for.
They lose their minds,
The way I wind,
I think its time
La la-la la la,
Warm it up.
Lala-lalala,
The boys are waiting
Red
June 21st, 2011
9:32 am
Saw a few folks talking about Miss Georgia – to this day the best shakes on the planet – used to get them at the Marietta location – now the home of the Big Chicken, it was a huge treat back in the 50s & 60s. Now – Frosty Frog in Hickory Flat (close to Canton) and Cheeseburger Bobby’s in Canton – their shakes are made with Frozen Custard and are the total Bomb…….. May need to have a shake tonight…
GregSean
June 21st, 2011
10:00 am
Sheridan’s
ideas
June 21st, 2011
10:10 am
Hey Red, You are a little wrong. Miss Georgia Spinning Wheel, as it was called, was not where the big chicken is. That was Chick-Chuck and Shake and was part of the Davis Brothers Cafeteria Company. Miss Georgia was just down the street from the intersection of Fairground and Roswell St. in Marietta, about a half block towards Hwy 41. Now when I was a kid, we would go there every Sunday and get a shake. Then drive around Marietta looking at the sights. No traffic back then. Now that was in the early 50’s.
I feel sorry for you people who think McDonalds or CFA are milk shakes. They are not, they are soft ice cream dispensers made from a concoction of milk solids and other chemicals to taste. They actually pour it from a plastic bottle into the machines who freeze it to a soft consistency. Real milk shakes are, as Judy stated, are made with hard dipped ice cream, whole milk, then your flavor added (example real strawberries) then mixed to a thin mixture that will come through a straw without sucking your ears inward. Try sucking a Mickey D’s through a straw right out of the machine…HA
JimmyZ
June 21st, 2011
10:22 am
When I was a kid, quite a few years ago, Arby’s used to have a little nutmeg shaker sitting out that could sprinkle on your shake. Sprinkle nutmeg on top of a Jamocha shake, stir it in a bit, and you’ve got something amazing.
Add to that the fact that you can get a little bitty one for a dollar, and it’s a winner!
If I want a “real” as in something that, at some point, actually came from a cow and was not delivered to the restaurant in a tanker truck, the winner HAS to be Alpha Soda in Alpharetta…they still know how to make ‘em.
Nona
June 21st, 2011
10:36 am
Steak ‘n Shake #1. Baskin Robbins #2.
Frozen stuff that oozes out of a machine is not a milkshake. It’s sad evidence of the dumbing down of our society that so many Americans truly believe that the cold premixed chemicals shrewdly marketed by McD’s, Chick-Fil-A, and Arby’s are actually milkshakes. Those things are to milk shakes was Sanka freeze-dried crystals are to coffee, what krabstix are to crab meat. A milkshake requires real ice cream, real milk and syrup, all blended by hand. Pathetic that so people voting for Best Milkshake don’t actually know what a milkshake is. I presume these are the same people who vote people into political office. Explains a lot.
dcraig
June 21st, 2011
11:08 am
The Grill downtown Athens GA
Father Murphy
June 21st, 2011
11:16 am
I love happy meals.
Zippy
June 21st, 2011
11:42 am
McDonalds or Hardees!
Harold
June 21st, 2011
11:43 am
Krystal has excellent shakes.
Michelle
June 21st, 2011
11:48 am
Banana Pudding Milkshake from Chick-Fil-A…its so good, my mouth is watering now just thinking about it.
Gina
June 21st, 2011
11:53 am
Glen-Gene Deli, Chattanooga, Tn, has the best milkshake with real whip creme, instead of the air can.
Truman's Mom
June 21st, 2011
11:55 am
Flip Burger Krispy Kreme milkshake!
Sheree
June 21st, 2011
11:56 am
Chili’s has a great chocolate shake, and the birthday shake at Zaxby’s is delicious.
Bugsy
June 21st, 2011
12:25 pm
Zesto’s any flavor !!!
sr citizen dawg
June 21st, 2011
1:11 pm
Bannana pudding shake at Truetts Chik Fil-A restaurant is delicious, huge and satisfying. Can’t be beat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sr citizen dawg
June 21st, 2011
1:13 pm
interesting seeing the comments about the old “Miss Georgia” shakes which were popular back in the 50’s and 60’s. I have to agree. They were awesome also.
UGH
June 21st, 2011
1:35 pm
delia chicken sausage has to first master the chicken sausage that place is disqusting its about as bad as the service at HOme grown on memorial drive…
best shake hands down chick fil la…..
southern girl
June 21st, 2011
1:50 pm
Zesto’s, Steak n Shake, and Johnny Rockets are my favs.
jans308
June 21st, 2011
1:58 pm
Chick-fil-a/Dwarf House on pleasant hill rd has the best blueberry milkshake
Erika
June 21st, 2011
2:03 pm
ZESTO’S
Scott
June 21st, 2011
3:33 pm
Johnny Rockets. Best shakes in Atlanta for 20 years.
Big Time Tech Guy
June 21st, 2011
3:34 pm
The shakes from my kitchen.
Steve
June 21st, 2011
4:39 pm
Any shake from Johnny Rockets. They make them the old fashioned way- just hand-dipped ice cream, syrup, and milk. No bag in the box here.
Steve Snyder
June 21st, 2011
5:06 pm
Johnny Rockets hands down. Premium ice cream and flavorings. Ghirardelli Chocolate. The real deal.
Lorraine
June 21st, 2011
8:17 pm
Chick-Fil-A any flavor!
Elizabeth
June 21st, 2011
9:46 pm
Johnny Rockets shakes are the best!!
Bill
June 21st, 2011
10:28 pm
Some lame nominations so far.
Wow, people don’t know great milkshakes anymore. Most of the comments here must be from people under 20 years of age.
Steak N Shake’s are good but not great.
Please, don’t mention a place that has fois gras milkshakes. Or whatever.
Johnny Rockets has the best in town that I’m aware of.
Not surprising that if you ask for a chocolate malt at many places these days, many places will use chocolate ice cream and chocolate syrup. Wrong. A chocolate malt is made of vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and malt powder.
Bej
June 22nd, 2011
12:44 am
OK Cafe makes the BEST milkshake I’ve ever had! Hands down, none better.
Sir Shake-a-lot
June 22nd, 2011
1:43 am
Galen’s Drive-In Diner
SomeoneWhoKnows
June 22nd, 2011
1:57 am
No contest: Johnny Rocket’s!
Holden Magroyne
June 22nd, 2011
12:16 pm
Fast food restaurants have the best shakes??? You people are crazy!!! First of all, it’s not even real milk in any of these shakes. It’s some dairy concoction. Chikfila calls it ICEDREAM!!! It’s a dairy product people!!! Not real MILK!!! If you want a real MILK shake, go to Brusters. Best in Atlanta!! Especially when they have Peach Ice Cream!!!
DD
June 22nd, 2011
3:43 pm
Jack Rabbit Slims, $5.00 shake
Bill
June 23rd, 2011
6:13 am
OK Cafe
Regina
June 23rd, 2011
10:12 am
The Burger Chick in Tallapossa GA
Kimara Mason
June 23rd, 2011
1:12 pm
Chik-fil-a ! Their banana pudding milkshakes and peach milkshakes are delicious!
SCB
June 24th, 2011
5:56 pm
JOHNNY ROCKETS dark chocolate shake BY FAR the best shake in Atlanta.
Shana
June 24th, 2011
5:58 pm
Johnny Rockets…..any flavor DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mary Law
June 24th, 2011
9:11 pm
Chick-fil-A, vanilla. It is awesome and I don’t even like shakes!
PattyPancake
June 24th, 2011
10:12 pm
Fuddruckers at Town Center serves awsome milkshakes!
Shake
June 24th, 2011
10:20 pm
Papa Johns!!!!
RomeDawg
June 24th, 2011
10:40 pm
No contest…..Steak ‘n Shake (Butter Pecan in particular)
Melvin
June 24th, 2011
10:49 pm
Steak N Shake , All The Way , Butter Pecan Milkshake , YUMMM
Melvin
June 24th, 2011
10:50 pm
Oh My God RomeDawg , GMTA !
vagabondking
June 24th, 2011
11:38 pm
@Come on, who does this? A good shake is one that does not move when you hold it upside down.
jojo
June 24th, 2011
11:46 pm
Steak & Shake no doubt.
rojer
June 25th, 2011
9:42 am
Only one vote for Krystal so far… WTF? Those are some damn good shakes. The burgers are nasty but the shakes are GREAT! Real whipped cream is the best part. Havent had that at any other fast food type places. Zesto is real good too. Flip is third just because the flavors are so strange.
britt
June 25th, 2011
10:03 am
i gotta throw my hat in for ZESTO’s as well.
consciouscook
June 25th, 2011
10:21 am
Did anybody say OK Cafe, I had an amazing strawberry shake there and it was enough for two..they bring you the extra on the side. If not there then I would have to agree with most and say Flip Burger for their unique flavors.