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 A few months ago, a new breed of milkshakes exploded across the internet. Monsters covered in piles of candy. Layers of candy as well as frosting upon whipped cream and chocolate, eagerly waiting to be slurped through a straw.

They were crazy, they were impractical, as well as they seemed largely designed for Instagram. surely no typical person might eat one of those in a sitting, right? Well, that didn’t stop people from waiting for hours just to get a taste.

I had to try them.

So when my bud Cailin came to see new York for a few days, this was our very first order of business: try those legendary milkshakes for ourselves!

Waiting in Line to get In

Black tap utilized to be a simple burger, beer, as well as milkshake bar in SoHo. then they started doing these crazy milkshakes as well as their popularity exploded — profiles abounded on sites like Eater as well as Maxim, as well as Black Tap’s Instagram skyrocketed in followers.

As a result, there’s an intense line every day, usually snaking around the block.

There are two Black tap places in Manhattan: the original in SoHo as well as one in the Meatpacking District. We originally organized to go to the larger Meatpacking district location, then realized they opened 30 minutes later than SoHo, then decided to possibility it as well as walk down to SoHo, a mile as well as a half away.

We shown up at the SoHo place five minutes before opening as well as were ferried to the back of the line. It appeared like we would make the second seating.

As Cailin as well as I waited, we heard the hostess taking calls: “Sir, I can’t tell you exactly how long the wait will be. Sir, the wait might be as long as six hours.”

SIX HOURS! I believe we blanched when we heard that. At least we had been told it would be about an hour.

After reading entertaining graffiti on the wall (“WAITING three HOURS” “WAITING four HOURS” “WAITING ONE YEAR!!!”), we made it inside. The wait had taken 90 minutes after showing up at 11:25 AM.

I was shocked at exactly how little a location Black Tap is — it seats around 14 people, with space for a few to stand.

But what shocked me further was exactly how sluggish as well as terrible the service was. Honestly, we were sitting for 15 minutes before our bartender even acknowledged us. as well as he had been standing right in front of us as well as didn’t appear as well busy. I felt like I was intruding when I lastly requested a glass of water.

As a former server, I always provide restaurant workers the benefit of the doubt (you never understand what’s going on behind the scenes) — so if I state the service is bad, it’s bad. Maybe somebody called out as well as the restaurant was having a rough day, however if this is exactly how their service usually is, they are squandering an unbelievable amount of potential revenue.

The burgers, however, were great.

Black tap Milkshakes

There are currently four milkshakes from which to select as well as they each expense $15.

Sweet N’ Salty: Peanut butter shake with a chocolate frosted rim with chocolate gems (a.k.a. M&Ms) as well as peanut butter cups, topped with a Sugar Daddy, pretzel rods, chocolate-covered pretzel, whipped cream, as well as chocolate drizzle.

I selected this one.

The Cookie Shake: Vanilla cookie shake with a vanilla frosted rim with cookie crumbles, topped with a “cookiewich,” crumbled cookies, chocolate chips, whipped cream, as well as chocolate drizzle.

Cailin selected this one.

Sour Power: Black cherry shake with a vanilla frosted rim with sour gummy poppers (a.k.a. gumdrops), topped with a giant Pixy Stix, rainbow pop, sour skewer, whipped cream, as well as Nerds.

I have no concept exactly how anyone might drink that, however the older women sitting next to us seemed extremely excited.

Cotton Candy: Strawberry shake with a vanilla-frosted rim with blue, pink, as well as pearl chocolates, topped with a pink lollipop, rock candy, whipped cream, as well as cotton candy.

A little woman next to us was very excited when this was provided to her.

So exactly how Were the Milkshakes?

Oh my God. They were delicious.

I believe peanut butter as well as chocolate is one of the most sacred flavor combinations of the world, as well as this shake was a lovelynullnull