Shake Shack is located Southeast corner of Madison Square Park near Madison Ave. and E.23rd St. By viewing as a outsider since i have never eaten anything from restaurant it looks like  their lines does be very long especially around lunch hour. I’ve heard  about the restaurant before but  unfortunately  i never tried  the  food. I would also like to see  what’s the hype  about , when  people  talk about  Shake  Shack. I’ll definitely try it soon.

The Market had a lot of interesting raw ingredient and foods that are not found in a common supermarket. There was ostrich eggs, fresh mistake (which I have only seen dried), potted apple and orange mint (both are approaching the end of their season for people looking for them fresh at specialty markets), and young ginger (normally found inspring). During the time that I was there it was the Friday afternoon so the market is calming down without the crowds and the merchandise has mostly been pick over. So if you are planning to shop be the early bird, but if you are going just to go (and to avoid the people) afternoon is a good time to stroll through and see what the market has to offer. I would definitely go and visit again as a shopper and not a just be loiterer.

I think this cheese shop was my most favorite out of all the locations we visited on our field trip to Flatiron. It was cool to see how they make cheese there. We got to taste it, too. There is also a wine cellar (with a happy hour!) downstairs. I am planning to check that out!

Beechers is a Seattle-based cheese company with a large, impressive outpost just a few blocks north of Union Square.  The main feature of the store is a giant, glassed-in cheese making facility (they make their cheese on site) where you can see the whole process.  They offer tastes of their cheese.  It’s pretty good, in a cheddar cheese sort of way.  The store also has a cafeteria type counter with all sorts of cheesy foods including a very good mac and cheese.  Downstairs there’s a full-service restaurant.  The store also sells a wide range of American-only artisanal cheeses.  Though the variety is pretty good, they don’t seem to give these cheeses quite the love  more obsessive cheese stores like Bedford Cheese or Murray’s give their cheeses.