Shake Shack's first Bay Area location is at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto.
PALO ALTO, CA—Shake Shack's first real estate was in the form of a hotdog cart in Madison Square Park in New York City, erected to support the Madison Square Park Conservancy's first art installation. This humble hotdog cart was so popular that Shack fans lined up daily for three summers.
In 2004, a permanent kiosk opened in the park and Shake Shack was born. Restaurateur Danny Meyer spun off the first official Shake Shack from New York fine dining template Eleven Madison Park. Since then, the chain has expanded to more than 200 locations in 26 states (and 70 outposts internationally).
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
