Artichoke May Become the Next Shake Shack

?Speaking of chains: it seems that Artichoke's recent expansion to Tenth Avenue and MacDougal Street are but the tip of a very large ice pick.

In an interview with Grub Street, Francis Garcia, one of the pizzeria's owners, says that Pizza Hut "had better worry" because in addition to scouting locations in Williamsburg, Astoria, and uptown, the team is planning to expand to Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Boston. All of which probably won't do anything to reduce the lines at the original 14th Street location.

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Shake Shack Continues to Play Coy About Brooklyn Shake Shack

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After the Daily News wrote yesterday that Shake Shack would be coming to Brooklyn's Fulton Mall, reps for the Union Square Hospitality Group would neither confirm nor deny the rumor. Today, however, The New York Observer followed up on the Daily News story by getting confirmation from Robert K. Futterman, Shake Shack's alleged broker, that Danny Meyer has indeed signed a long-term lease at 409-415 Fulton Street.

In response to that story, which would seem to put an end to the conjecturing, what sayeth USHG?

"We have decided not to comment on any of these rumors until we have something concrete to share." Which sounds to us like Fulton Street will soon be sharing a lot of concretes.

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