I visited New York for the first time last year. The Shake Shack was an inspiration. I ended up going almost every day (admittedly the 2 weeks of perfect weather helped).
Hopefully this gets repeated when I'm back over there.
Part of the reason why that happened is because everyone got there at different times. When we ask for a table for 10 people, and then fifteen minutes later there are 15 people, and then another fifteen minutes later there are 20 people, it creates problems. The only real way to solve it would be to make the event reservation only with a $20 cover, so that way we could book a large table in advance and the restaurant would still get money for the seats even if some people didn't show up.
Yep, I go to NYU. Not sure if this is obvious or not, but it's seems really hard to find like-minded techies and hackers around here, unless they're in audio or video tech. Do you know of any other places like this were hackers meet up and discuss?
Oh wow you guys are making me miss NYC. Memories of checking the webcam to see how long the line was before Shake Shack... Rainy days are the best because there's no line.
http://groups.google.com/group/nyyc