In the olden days, if you wanted a boost of energy you would drink coffee. If you wanted it a little more gently, you’d have tea.
Now there are all sorts of options, including high-impact energy drinks that have become so popular that chains are making their own versions of them.
Shake Shack is doing that with a twist by adding its own caffeine concoction (all-natural, it insists) to lemonade.
Sure. Why not?
Blank Street Coffee, for its part, is turning the hot cold brew trend into an intensified energy drink with its new Cold Brew Shot.
Blue Bottle Coffee, meanwhile, is making its own coffee soda.
Elsewhere in beverages, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar has lemonade cocktails, Tacodeli has its own take on Ranch Water, TGI Fridays has summer drinks, Beyond Juicery + Eatery has new frozen lemonade, and so does Häagen-Dazs, while The Human Bean has frozen hot chocolate and tea.
In shakes, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers has Key lime and berry ones, and Mooyah is bringing back its liquefied version of S’mores. Dave’s Hot Chicken is giving its guests the option of adding M&M pieces or Oreo crumbles to its shakes for an extra $2; extra Instagram “likes” are free of charge.
Home Run Inn has a pizza with a sauce that it insists tastes like beer.
McDonald’s is spicing up its Quarter Pounder, Culver’s has a new custard flavor (stay tuned for another one next month), and Noodles & Company is testing new stuffed pasta.
I Heart Mac & Cheese has empanadas now, Crumbl Cookies has an offering made with Rice Krispies (and it can spell it that way because it’s doing it in partnership with Kellogg’s), and Taziki’s has a lamb burger.
Honeygrow’s crab stir-fry is back and so is Sweetgreen’s peach salad. Tim Hortons has strawberry specials.
Just Salad has seasonal offerings too.
Cicis Pizza has a new stuffed crust, 16 Handles has a nostalgic-sounding ice, Sonny’s BBQ has a fried green tomato sandwich, and Velvet Taco’s Weekly Taco Feature is made with mahi mahi.
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