Oktoberfest is returning to the Shake Shack.
Photo: Noah Kalina
Oktoberfest, that annual Bavarian celebration of drinking and sausages, has already started in Munich, where it runs until the first Sunday in October, which this year falls on the fifth. But its charms will be available here in New York for even longer as Shake Shack in Madison Square Park will be hosting its Shaktoberfest celebration from October 3rd–17th. The details of the Shack's special menu are still being hashed out, but
so far it includes pumpkin custard, German chocolate "concretes" and
various special sausages and bratwursts.
Of course, you don't have to wait until October 3rd to get in touch with your inner German. TriBeCa's Blaue Gans is offering a completely different menu from now until the end of the celebrations in Munich; specials include a wurtz platter ($10) and apple fritters ($10). Also through the fifth, the Upper East Side's Heidelberg
is celebrating with live German music on Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays as well as with special beers and an Oktoberfest menu. And on Staten Island, Killmeyer's Old Bavaria Inn is offering an Oktoberfest beer menu, along with live music Saturday and Sunday afternoons and Friday and Saturday night in its biergarten. Ja!