DeWitt, NY - The first Shake Shack fast-food restaurant in Onondaga County is opening in DeWitt next week.

The restaurant, at the corner of Erie Boulevard East and Bridge Street across from a new Chick-fil-A, opens Oct. 15, according to a restaurant employee.

The new Shake Shack is in a site that used to be a Friendly’s restaurant.

That restaurant at 3275 Erie Blvd. E. in DeWitt has been closed and vacant since 2019. In 2022, Rachel’s Mediterranean Grill had plans to renovate the location and move in, but that never happened.

Shake Shack proposed its new restaurant in DeWitt in April 2024.

The New York City-based chain opened in 2001 and now has more than 400 locations worldwide.

The chain’s menu includes burgers, milkshakes, chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, fries, lemonade and iced

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