Shake Shack Opens in Dupont, Walk There to Earn It

Today D.C. residents lined up for their first taste of a Madison Square Park original right here in Dupont Circle. Shake Shack opened its doors at 1216 18th Street at 11 a.m. Tuesday morning with a "roadside" burger stand menu in a green-design building that utilized recycled and sustainable materials.

The menu is simple, offering burgers, hot dogs, frozen custard, beer and wine to the eager customers who stand on line in New York and now D.C.

The Dupont Circle menu features specialty items inspired by its new city: Presidential Sweet (vanilla custard, peanut butter sauce, marshmallow, Michel Cluizel caramel milk chocolate chunks), Majority Whip (vanilla custard, crepe crispies, seasonal fruit and whipped cream) and Washington Monu-Mint.

A portion of the proceeds of the Washington Monu-Mint concrete benefits Share Our Strength, whose mission is to end childhood hunger in America, www.strength.org.

Worried that a burger, fries and a shake might kill that diet you have been trying to stay on? Burn calories on your way there and back to ease your conscience.

Walking from South Georgetown on M Street

Walking from North Georgetown on P Street

Using bikeshare, park at the dock at M and 18th Streets

Shake Shack will be open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and from 11 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.

Check out the great pictures snapped and posted to twitter by Georgetown student @cde5gtown.