It’s been 15 years since Mike Judge predicted our present. Idiocracygave us the tale of the “most average” person in the Army (played to shrugging everyman perfection by Luke Wilson) who wakes up from suspended animation to discover a future of masturbatory consumerism and such profound anti-intellectualism that he’s now the smartest person alive. We’re now living in an era of Fox Business echoing the schoolyard taunts of the movie’s “exaggerated” fictional reporters, and a time that people feel comfortable calling the dumbest ever. For Judge, the experience of Idiocracy is more personal, since rewatching it would require him to relive the stress of making it. He recently reflected on the film’s pitfalls and its painfully accurate legacy on Joe Rogan’s podcast.
“I feel like it was cursed,” Judge said. “Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. We shot it here in Austin, it was supposed to take place in a drought, and it was the rainiest summer. We had to keep killing grass which feels really awful to do. . . Then I feel like the curse of the movie just spread out into the world.”
There were the Crocs that weren’t supposed to become popular, and the bad test screenings that led to budget cuts, and the generally AWOL advertising.
And, oops, our real lives.
Oddly enough, the only thing Judge didn’t get right was the rise of smart-phone fueled social media, something that no one would have been able to predict way back in 2005. Facebook was just emerging, and iPhones were a couple of years from hitting the scene, so it’s understandable that Judge’s future is populated by a trillion channels and couch potato gluttony that Wall-E was happy to crib from.
It’s always nice when superheroes get in on the fancasting game, especially because they can fancast themselves. Granted, asking an actor if they want to continue making a bunch of money playing a superhero is a little like asking if they want to work with Steven Spielberg. There’s only one wrong answer.
On a recent interview with BBC Radio 1, Chris Hemsworth took film critic Ali Plumb’s bait when asked if he’d still be playing Thor six years from now so he could best rival Hugh Jackman‘s 16-year streak of playing Wolverine.
“I wasn’t gonna, but now that you’ve put that in front of me, you make a good point. It’s only 6 years. I’ve come this far. To turn back now would just be a waste,” Hemsworth said. When Plumb joked that Jackman doing a cameo in Deadpool 3(as Logan, not, like, the World’s Greatest Showman or something) would complicate things, Hemsworth said he’d sabotage it by making a few phone calls. “I might put myself in Deadpool instead. That would be the offering.”
Ryan Reynolds, call your agent.
Obviously, now, unless both Wolverine and Thor are in Deadpool 3, in the same scene, maybe doing an R-rated dance number, the film will be a massive disappointment on an historical scale. These are the biggest stakes a superhero movie has ever seen.
If you want to know how confusing the legend of D.B. Cooper is, look no further than the name. The hijacker who boarded Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971 never called himself “D.B.” He bought the ticket as “Dan Cooper,” but that’s not how the world knows him now. It’s one thing on a long list of things that we don’t really know for sure, that are obscured by odd media games of telephone, and that can’t possibly be true but we believe them anyway.
Why does the legend endure? That’s one thing the new trailer for D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?! seems to know for sure. It’s a mixture of the rugged spirit of individualism, America’s love affair with scoundrels, the fact that he got away with $200,000 using an absurdly simple plan, and, of course, the unanswered mystery of what happened next. There’s where the easy answers stop. There are dozens of suspects (including Loki, naturally), and, like Alcatraz escape stories, who you think it is might depend on whether you think Cooper survived the nighttime parachute jump into the wilderness.
The Netflix true crime doc series from director Marina Zenovich will explore the lore when it lands July 13. Zenovich is a clear talent to bring this story to life, having focused her career on documentaries which explore the singular oddity of (in)famous men. That includes Robin Williams, Richard Pryor, and two films about Roman Polanski.
And, who knows, maybe Cooper will watch the series, too.
Back in March, Lil Durk arrived with 7220, his seventh album and first solo project since The Voice, which he released at the end of December 2020. 7220 presents 18 tracks and collaborations with Gunna, Future, Summer Walker, and Morgan Wallen. Thanks to fan favorites like “What Happened To Virgil,” “Petty Too,” and “Ahhh Ha,” the project worked its way to No. 1 on the albums chart. Three months later and Durk is now ready to give the project a new breath of life thanks to its upcoming deluxe reissue. He kicks its rollout off with a video for his new single, “Did Sh*t For Me.”
The track is a menacing effort that watches Lil Durk, along with fellow Chicago rapper Doodie Lo, flex their invisibility. They address threats that they’ve supposed received from the competition while mocking them for their failure to make said threats a reality. In the song’s matching visual, Durk and Doodie Lo rap tauntingly and excitedly as they stand in front of luxury vehicles. They also take things to the studio and later show off their cash supply.
After the deluxe issue of 7220 arrives, Lil Durk will return to the road for his 7220 Deluxe Tour for shows across the United States.
You can watch the video for “Did Sh*t For Me” above.
7220 (Deluxe) is out 6/24 via Alamo Records / Sony Music.
Gunna is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
The fourth season of Netflix’s Stranger Things may be coming to an end next week, but fans won’t be short of Joe Keery in their lives. Today, Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show, has announced his upcoming album, Decide, which will be released under his musical stage name, Djo.
Ahead of Decide, Djo has released the album’s lead single, “Change.” The song contains funk influences from the ’70s and utilizes heavy synths and layered vocals, creating a psychedelic feel.
“Change / For a minute in the sunlight / Change / At the mention of the conflict / I change / When the jacket doesn’t fit right / Change / When you know it isn’t perfect,” he sings.
According to a statement, Djo’s upcoming sophomore album “serves as a sort of aural history of Keery’s late 20’s. It features reflections on growth, relationships and navigating it all in a world filled with technology at its center. It’s his sonic ambitions however that take these introspections and melt them into a warped reality with each layered synth pulling the listener’s emotional strings.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m a proud member of the “basic bitches of LA” club. There’s nothing I love more than gourmet avocado toast, $7 oat milk lattes, spiritual crystals, and of course, a good rooftop brunch spot with an even better bottomless mimosas deal. Naturally, I spent the first half of my 20s scouring LA’s trendiest neighborhoods — from Venice Beach to Hollywood to Downtown — in search of the absolute best rooftop bars.
What can I say, I’m just a gal who loves to enjoy a nice cocktail or two while hanging out high above the ground. And in a city that has year-round nearly perfect weather, how can you blame me? So if you want to experience LA’s bar scene while taking in some of the city’s most picturesque views, I’ve got you covered — I’m breaking down eight of the trendiest rooftop bars in LA and ranking them in order from “might be worth your time” to “YOU CAN’T MISS THIS.”
But first, let’s get into the ranking criteria. Here are a few things I considered when putting together this list.
Views and backdrops (for endless Instagram moments, duh)
Lively party vibes — Are people going to judge me for breaking out into dance, or will they join in?
Bar bites, dining options, and quality of service
Having the right amount of “scene” vs. people just trying to find out “who you know”
The specialty cocktail menu. Let’s see some originality and presentation, people!
With these points in mind, I compared my favorite LA rooftop bars and pitted them against each other to determine which ones come out on top. Read on for the final results.
8. Perch
Perch
I’m only putting Perch in the 8th spot because it’s more of a restaurant vibe than an actual nightlife bar. Considering that Perch describes itself as an “elevated resting place,” it’s not somewhere you’re going to get rowdy late into the night. But if you want to impress your partner with a lovely dinner and drinks, then Perch is the perfect place to do it. Its dreamy decor, weekly live music, and downtown skyline views are the key ingredients to its ultra-romantic atmosphere.
Let’s just say, there’s no shortage of twinkling lights and overpriced cocktails. 16 signature cocktails, to be exact.
I recommend the “All The Way Up” cocktail, which is made with Tito’s, lemon, Fiorente, creme de mure, soda, and sparkling wine. If you’re a dark liquor drinker, try the “Monkey See Monkey Dew.” It’s a strong mixture of Monkey Shoulder Scotch Whiskey, Tullamore dew, almond orgeat, and lemon.
The Bottom Line:
Perch is the perfect spot for a date night or celebratory dinner with friends, as you’ll be immersed in the downtown skyline. If you want a full “city” experience and aesthetic, this is where to go.
View the full Perch menu here, and make a reservation here.
Don’t get me wrong, I love EP & LP. It’s where I spent almost every other weekend during my two years of living in West Hollywood. It’s a quintessential happy hour and nightlife spot of the neighborhood, and for good reason. It’s always a good time and the views of the Hollywood Hills make you feel like you’re in the heart of all things “LA.” But that’s also the thing I don’t always appreciate about it.
Despite my self-proclaimed basic bitch-ness, I also appreciate a laidback bar scene where everyone feels welcomed.
EP & LP isn’t somewhere you’d want to show up in casual jeans and a T-shirt. Everyone’s dressed to impress, and it often feels like more of a networking event than just a casual good time at a bar. Since WeHo is crawling with influencers and aspiring actors, a night out at one of the area’s most popular bars can feel like navigating through a herd of social climbers (nothing against them, it’s just not my thing!). Of course, that’s not always the case, but it’s the general vibe of the place. Not to mention, the drinks are ridiculously overpriced and the rooftop bar food is just okay.
But despite the boujee ambiance, I’d still recommend anyone visiting West Hollywood to check it out. Pro tip: The line at EP & LP can get long on the weekends. Get there early to avoid an hour-long (or worse) wait time.
The Bottom Line:
The “scene” is part of what makes LA, well, LA. And that is what makes EP & LP so trendy in the first place. You’ll likely run into influencers and industry folks, making it a memorable experience if you’re in town for the first time.
If you want sweeping skyline views and laidback vibes, head to the top of Downtown’s Proper Hotel for a meal and drinks at Cara Cara. Whether you’re in the market for boozy brunch with the ladies or you want to chill by a fire pit after the sun goes down, Cara Cara’s expansive outdoor space has pretty much everything you could want in a rooftop restaurant and bar. The comfortable seating areas combined with its seasonal, California-inspired menu and its vast selection of cocktails, wine, and beer make it a can’t-miss spot in Downtown LA.
The Bottom Line:
Cara Cara is the rooftop for foodies. It goes far beyond your average burger and fries you’d normally find at a bar. The head chef, Chef Suzanne Goin, curates the menu seasonally so you know what you’re getting is fresh AF — Roasted cauliflower tacos at a bar? That’s as “LA” as can be!
View the full Cara Cara menu and reserve a table here.
Located at the top of the Mondrian hotel on the iconic Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood (one of LA’s trendiest neighborhoods), Skybar Los Angeles is a pool partier’s paradise. Depending on when you go, the vibe will either be that of a few drinks relaxing by the pool or a mini Vegas-like day club full of half-naked 20-somethings. It’s a lively and seductive atmosphere that makes you want to make questionable decisions in broad daylight.
In other words, if you’re looking for a quintessential LA-style party, look no further than Skybar. With bottle service, live DJs, and high-quality booze, the open-air, ivy-covered rooftop is a must if you’re visiting LA during summer.
The Bottom Line:
As I said, Skybar is a pool partier’s paradise. If you’re looking for a good time in the sun, you’ll certainly find it here.
On a night out in Downtown, Broken Shaker is my favorite place to start the night. It’s great for pregaming a show at the many DTLA concert venues or grabbing a few cocktails and light bites before heading out for a bar crawl. The vibe here is casual yet cool, which is put on full display with brightly colored furniture, poolside dining, and overhead lights strung across the property. The drinks are just as vibrant as the bar’s aesthetic, too. The bartenders really know how to garnish (the key to my taste in drinks, obviously).
Out of the 12 colorful cocktails at Broken Shaker, my favorite is the “Extreme Thirst,” which is basically an elevated spicy margarita. It’s made with El Tesoro Blanco and has grapefruit and jalapeno, Avua Cachaca, charred Meyer lemon juice, orgeat, and grated nutmeg. Although, I’m also a sucker for the kombucha-infused concoction known as the “Hibiscus Bliss” — which consists of Grey Goose peach and rosemary essence, martini Fiero, fennel sirop, lemon, and grapefruit juice, then topped with June Shine hibiscus kombucha. It’s the ultimate summertime libation.
The Bottom Line:
I’ve never been to Broken Shaker and had a bad time. It’s just an all-around solid bar choice, and its location makes getting around downtown easy. The drinks are tasty, you don’t need to worry too much about dressing up, and you can count on a comfortable environment for sparking conversation with new people.
The Highlight Room is Hollywood glamour at its finest. The 11,000-square-foot, 10-story rooftop venue has one of the best (if not the best) views in all of LA. It offers an unobstructed 360-degree look at LA’s most iconic scenes, from the Hollywood Hills to the Downtown skyline. During the day, The Highlight Room makes for the ultimate poolside brunch spot (yes, the avocado toast is on point). Once the sun goes down, it turns into a full-on outdoor club with table service and dancing. It really is the best of both worlds.
The Bottom Line:
Being here makes you feel boujee. If you’re visiting LA, then chances are you packed your chicest getup — Highlight Room is the perfect place to show it off, all while taking in the grand city landscape.
Learn more about The Highlight Room’s pool, lounge, menus, and special events here.
Mama Shelter in Hollywood was certainly in the running for my first-place pick. But its lack of space and big seating areas compared to some other LA hotspots can often make it overcrowded or leave you waiting for an hour just to make it upstairs. But of course, that long wait time is due to its well-deserved popularity. The rainbow umbrellas and chairs make it a vibrant and lively spot for weekend brunch or afternoon day drinking (or both on the same day).
The rooftop has a great view of the Hollywood sign and its surrounding areas, as well as glimpses into Downtown and the West Side. The bar serves tons of specialty cocktails, wine, champagne, and beer, so you’re sure to find a boozy beverage to your liking. I love “The Long Kiss Goodnight” cocktail, made with Kendall Jenner’s 818 tequila, amaro Montenegro, fresh lime juice, ginger, agave, and hibiscus. It’s a whole mess of tantalizing flavors that makes you sip it down just a little too quickly.
The Bottom Line:
If you’re worried about getting the perfect LA vacation pic, Mama Shelter’s colorful aesthetic, decorative drinks, and Hollywood views are your best bet.
If you ever find yourself in Venice Beach, put the High Rooftop Lounge on your itinerary. Located at the top of Hotel Erwin, steps from the iconic Venice Boardwalk, this beachside bar continues to prove its number one spot on my list of LA’s finest rooftops. Not only does it have an unobstructed view of the Pacific Ocean (it’s the perfect place to watch the sunset), but it also offers a 360-degree view of the rest of LA. You can see everything from the Downtown skyline to the Hollywood Hills, as seen on the bar’s 360-degree virtual rooftop tour.
Aside from the view, High Rooftop Lounge inspires carefree vibes and the laidback Southern California attitude that embodies Venice Beach. The signature drinks are always on point, and while the food isn’t anything more than your usual bar snacks, it’s tasty enough to fuel your late afternoon happy hour turned into late-night weekend adventures.
The Bottom Line:
High Rooftop Lounge is the epitome of what most people think of when they hear “California.” Overlooking one of the most iconic beach locations in the city (and the entire state), it’s a rooftop bar that you just can’t miss. Plus, it’s within walking distance of other bars, restaurants, and boutiques, so it’s super accessible whether you start or end your night here.
The Jan. 6 hearings have proven to perhaps be bigger than expected. The first session, which aired during prime time, were a ratings smash. After a hearing devoted to him helping destroy the lives of election workers and bullying state legislators, even Fox News’ Neil Cavuto admitted it made him look “awful, just awful.” Now he’s starting to lose Republican congresspeople.
JUST IN: Moderate House Republican Rep. Don Bacon tells CNN’s @mkraju that after watching the January 6th committee hearings he “will not be supporting” former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary if he announces he is running.
Don Bacon, a moderate Republican representative from Nebraska, went on CNN Wednesday, where he discussed watching the hearings. He admitted they’ve already, only four sessions in, with more to go, changed his mind. How much? To the point that should Trump run again in 2024, as he’s long teased, Bacon “will not be supporting” him.
If a relatively obscure GOP congressperson jumping ship doesn’t sound like that big a deal, then know that mere weeks ago, Bacon was criticizing Trump but pointedly not going so far as to say he wouldn’t support his third presidential run should he win the primary.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) criticizes Trump but notably won’t rule out supporting him in 2024 pic.twitter.com/Wm6N6i3Zup
Some found themselves optimistic that Bacon is simply the first domino to fall on the Republican side of Congress, which has been all-in on Trump, even after the events of Jan. 6.
Remember when I said, all elected Republicans in DC will turn on Trump. And it starts on the Jan 6th Hearings
— Tomi T Ahonen Now Sending A Shitload Of Stollen (@tomiahonen) June 22, 2022
Of course, Trump has spent his entire life being made of Teflon, avoiding any and all serious punishment for his alleged crimes. But there’s a chance — a slim one, or maybe not — that a figure so chaotic that he let a documentary crew film him and his cronies as they tried to overturn an election might finally get his comeuppance.
It’s milkshake season, fam! The temperatures are climbing nationwide and summer is upon us, meaning now is the optimal time to wash down a juicy burger and a piping hot order of fries with a nice cold, creamy, brain-freeze-inducing milkshake. Or forget about the food entirely — a good milkshake is enough to make you full and keep you satisfied, no burger required.
In a fast food landscape full of options like the oreo milkshake and all sorts of other inventive mix-ins offered at fast food restaurants nationwide, nothing hits the spot in these early summer months quite like a strawberry milkshake. Often looked over in favor of chocolate or vanilla, the strawberry milkshake offers something that those sweet and rich flavors fail to deliver on: a refreshing component. A good strawberry milkshake, with its combination of creamy and fruity flavors, offers an experience that simply exudes summer vibes.
today, we’re separating the good from the bad in this ranking of the best fast food strawberry milkshakes. Let’s sip!
12. Burger King — Strawberry Shake
Burger King
Thickness: 2/5
Tasting Notes:
Welcome back to another episode of our favorite show, Shitting All Over Burger King. We’ve made it no secret that Burger King is one of our least favorite, if not our least favorite restaurant in the great pantheon of fast food brands. BK’s slogan is “have it your way” — having it our way is typically “not having Burger King at all.”
The biggest issue with the Strawberry Shake is the consistency, it’s way too watery. A good milkshake is always a struggle to get through the straw, that’s not a problem here, this stuff comes bursting through and it hits your palate with too much sweetness, way too quickly. The shake also melts instantly on your tongue, giving this a sort of off-putting strawberry Nesquik vibe.
The Bottom Line:
Never order a milkshake from Burger King, in any flavor.
A few weeks back I reviewed every single Frappuccino on the Starbucks menu and bemoaned the relatively recent recipe change of the Strawberries and Cream frappe. Well, I’m happy to say to fans who miss that original recipe, the McDonald’s Strawberry Shake is a dead ringer. This has that same cream-forward flavor with the slightest hint of strawberries on the backend. It’s rich and luxurious in flavor but suffers from a slightly watery consistency that doesn’t allow you to really savor it.
It’s the one thing holding it back.
The Bottom Line:
More vanilla than strawberry, if you like your milkshakes easy to drink and with the slightest hint of fruit flavor, you can’t go wrong with this pick.
Jack in the Box’s milkshakes have so much going for them, they’re supremely thick and luxurious, the flavors are all on point, and they have a variety of fun options and a rotating list of seasonal flavors, but unfortunately, they cut a few corners and it keeps them from being truly great.
The strawberry here is that heavy on the vanilla strawberry and cream variety that recalls what you’d find at malted milk shops and ’50s-themed greasy spoons, but after about ten minutes this milkshake starts to lose its consistency and turns into a watery mess. This means you can only drink about half of it before it’s better of being thrown away than finished unless you like the taste and mouthfeel of rapidly separating strawberry milk.
On top of that Jack in the Box adds this truly awful whipped cream that is as far as I can tell, purely decorative, it tastes like sweet air and is topped with Jack in the Box’s weirdly, discomfitingly chewy maraschino cherries.
The Bottom Line:
So close to being good. Split it with someone and treat it as a fry dip until your meal is finished. By then, whatever is left won’t be worth drinking anymore.
Carl’s Jr’s milkshakes utilize real ice cream rather than working off a soft-serve base which adds a real depth of flavor to the experience. This shake hits you with perfectly balanced notes of creamy vanilla and sweet strawberries with a nice rich consistency that is easy to drink, but not too easy.
It hits the Goldilock’s Zone, it’s just right.
The Bottom Line:
It’s the baseline for what a strawberry shake should be, but that doesn’t make for a memorable shake. It’s good, but nothing special.
In-N-Out is facing an interesting problem in California. The state, as the chain’s birthplace, is home to the most In-N-Outs in the country but California has a state-wide ban on plastic straws, meaning just about every CA-based business is now exclusively using paper straws of varying quality. Some paper straws are nearly indistinguishable from plastic straws, so in most cases, you don’t really notice the change (unless you’re one of those weird anti-paper straw people, which I for the record, am not, I hate all straws equally) — In-N-Out just happens to have some of the worst.
So if you like drinking your milkshakes, don’t come to In-N-Out because you’re going to most definitely have to use a spoon to enjoy this one. You could always use fries but, In-N-Out’s fries are pretty much universally hated (except by me) and don’t have the right consistency to hold their shape once dipped into this very thick and creamy milkshake.
This is all a real shame because In-N-Out’s milkshakes are so damn good.
They’re thick and luxurious, and the strawberry, in particular, is addictingly delicate, with a flavor so light and subtle that you’ll find yourself taking sip after sip just to taste more of it. But because the shake is so thick, it, and please try to contain yourself, requires a lot of sucking. You really have to work this thing, which means a lot of time with the straw in your mouth absorbing your spit until it swells up and stops functioning as a straw. You know, the thing it IS.
But, I’m not going to hold that against In-N-Out. This is still a great shake, it’s just inconvenient to drink.
The Bottom Line:
A great milkshake that in most cases you’ll have to eat with a spoon.
Del Taco’s Premium Strawberry Shake is the most underrated shake in the game. Its presence is completely absent from most online rankings of milkshakes but not here at Uproxx, we love this thing! The flavor is light, tart, and refreshing thanks to the inclusion of real strawberries that come bursting through the straw between sips, adding a bright juicy flavor that is lacking in most other fast food milkshakes.
We love the inclusion of real strawberries, but it tastes like Del Taco steeped these berries in a sweetened syrup, which makes them just a bit sweeter than they need to be. But being “a bit too sweet” isn’t really that big of a problem for a milkshake to have.
The Bottom Line:
Refreshing, tart, sweet and creamy. A delicious middle ground between a strawberry smoothie and milkshake.
Shake Shack’s milkshakes are delicious — they had better be, they’re the Shake Shack after all — but the thing with the core trio of flavors is that they’re all pretty boring compared to the seasonal flavors that drop every few months (Burgerville, in Oregon, has this same issue). In the spring you have strawberry rhubarb, during Valentine’s day season we get a chocolate-covered strawberry spin on the flavor, and the fast-casual chain even did a strawberry-based shake during last year’s Pride Month, and a cookies and cream strawberry shake but the basic strawberry is just that, basic.
Those better flavors all use the strawberry milkshake as their base, but they offer texture and more interesting flavors that end up making the base flavor taste like something is missing. Right now, in spring 2022, Shake Shack is currently offering a chocolate churro, sprinkle, and Oreo Cookie funnel cake milkshake as part of the summer season. None of those have strawberries, but they all sound about 100 times more exciting.
The Bottom Line:
If you order a Strawberry Shake from Shake Shack you’ll get one of the best tasting and thickest milkshakes in the fast food galaxy, but chances are a better-limited edition flavor that uses strawberry as a base is also available — in which case you should order that instead.
Sonic has a classic strawberry shake and because this is an article about the best fast food strawberry shakes, we felt inclined to put it on this list but also, fuck that because the Strawberry Cheesecake Master Shake is delicious, it exists, and it would be a disservice to all of you to pretend it doesn’t exist just to fit the parameters of this article. After all, it’s still technically a strawberry shake — it just has other stuff in it too.
That other stuff includes cheesecake, graham cracker crumbs, and vanilla ice cream which are all blended together with fresh strawberries and topped with whipped cream and a maraschino cherry. Who would take strawberry over this textured masterpiece?
The Bottom Line:
Sweet, a bit tangy in all the best ways, tart, and textured with sweet graham cracker crumbs that travel through the straw with every sip. Order this over the classic strawberry shake every time.
It’s no secret that DQ, home of the Blizzard, has a lot of milkshake options, including a classic strawberry milkshake, but what is kind of an open secret is that the chain’s seasonal drinks, like the Valentine’s Day-themed Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Blizzard, are available year-round since DQ pretty much has all the mix-ins on hand.
Simply order a strawberry blizzard with added chocolate chunks and you have access to the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Blizzard! This Blizzard is so thick it doesn’t even come with a spoon (it’s arguable whether Blizzards are even milkshakes) with a strawberries and vanilla sweet cream flavor backed by the occasional burst of rich milk chocolate. It comes across as a bit more decadent and rich than the other shakes on this list.
The Bottom Line:
You’re welcome for the hack. This is the best strawberry-flavored milkshake at Dairy Queen. Feel free to create your own with DQ’s variety of toppings or just trust us — it’ll never top this simple flavor combination classic.
Now we’re talking. For the first time in Wendy’s 53-year history, the burger chain has finally given us a strawberry-flavored Frosty, and this thing fucking DELIVERS. Yes, we needed all caps for that. For the duration of the summer, the Strawberry Frosty will be taking the place of the vanilla (Wendy’s Frosty system is so intricate apparently that they can only have two flavors at a time, weird, but true) meaning the days you have to enjoy this thick and creamy treat are numbered.
Move fast, friends. What you’ll find is a thick and luxurious shake with that familiar malted characteristic the Frosty is known for with a bright and refreshing flavor that ends with a tart zip. Wendy’s makes this shake by pureeing real strawberries into a vanilla ice cream base, making this one of the most natural strawberry milkshakes (if you can call a Frosty that, we just did) in all of fast food.
The Bottom Line:
Wendy’s greatest Frosty being a limited-time item is the brand’s cruelest move since that time they removed the spicy chicken nugget from the menu for a year.
All of Chick-fil-A’s shakes are very delicious, we even named the Oreo milkshake the Best Milkshake in the Fast Food Galaxy, and the Strawberry Shake is no different. Supremely thick (probably fast food’s thickest shake) and freezing cold, Chick-fil-A’s shakes are hand-spun using the chain’s delicious soft serve Icedream, resulting in a luxurious consistency that holds its shape from the first sip until the last, no matter how hot out it is.
That simple feature makes this milkshake one of the most consistent we’ve ever had. I’m not sure what kind of magic Chick-Fil-A uses to achieve this, but we wish more drive-thrus did it.
The strawberry version of the shake features small chunks of real strawberry, but the fruit definitely takes a backseat to the vanilla here, the strawberry notes are so faint they are almost ghostly. It comes across more like vanilla ice cream with small chunks of strawberries in it than a true strawberry-based dessert.
The Bottom Line:
Chick-fil-A’s Strawberry Shake is great, but it’s the summer, aka the season of the Chick-fil-A’s Peach Shake which you should order over this for as long as it’s available.
Five Guys is the best place to buy a milkshake, period. No other fast food establishment gives you this many mix-in choices, and even though the shake is an absurd $6.69, it’s worth every penny. Unless of course, you get a strawberry shake. That’s the thing… Five Guys Strawberry Shake is delicious, it uses real strawberries steeped in simple syrup (again, fast food brands, aren’t strawberries sweet enough, do we need the syrup?!) handspun with thick and creamy vanilla, resulting in a milkshake that is thick as mud, sweet as cotton candy, and above all else, refreshing and fruity.
The way the natural flavors of vanilla and strawberry mingle together perfectly in this sweet and creamy shake is the sort of balance every other brand should strive for, but at $6.69 (Vincent Vega would never!) and with the choice of unlimited toppings, why would you ever stop at just strawberry?
You can easily add chocolate into this thing for a Neopolitan vibe, or better yet, chocolate and fresh banana with a cherry on top for a banana split shake. Maybe you want to find out what an Oreo cookie strawberry shake tastes like, or hell, go wild, get bacon for a sweet and salty sensation. The sky is the limit here, but it wouldn’t be ranked first if the shake without all the frills didn’t taste great, and this very much does. You can’t go wrong here.
The Bottom Line:
The best strawberry shake in all of fast food, but don’t stop at classic strawberry. Add an unlimited amount of any of Five Guys 13 toppings to make this something really special.
Our suggestion? Strawberry + Banana with whipped cream and a side of peanuts.
There’s a new profile of Brad Pitt out in GQ, in which novelist Ottessa Moshfegh visits him in one of his homes, which he bought from Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira. There are a number of curious revelations. One is that he owns a house once owned by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. (“This was the first place I bought when I made some money in ’94.”) Another is that a “close confidant” is Flea. Another is that he once hunted for buried treasure on a chateau he owned with ex-wife Angelina Jolie in France.
But in other ways, Pitt is a normal guy. Like all of us, he tried to adopt new skills during the height of the pandemic. Unlike most of us (but almost exactly like Seth Rogen), he actually succeeded. Yes, that’s right, the big screen Cliff Booth got really into ceramics, including porcelain:
As we’re talking in his living room, Pitt slips away for a moment and then reappears, looming over the couch on which I sit. He slaps two incredibly heavy candlesticks into my open palms. I understand that these are his creations. Over the pandemic, he learned ceramics. The candlesticks are painted black and gold and are very handsome. “That’s porcelain,” he says. “Everything I read, porcelain’s about being thin so that light penetrates, the thinner you get. It’s a cardinal sin to make it thick.” And yet that’s what Pitt has done, and he’s succeeded. “What I love is the heft, like a Leica camera or a quality watch. You could dump this in the dirt and someone could dig it up 2,000 years later, because it’s been under a volcanic reaction.”
Pitt also speculates that he has prosopagnosia, a rare condition in which he has trouble recognizing people’s faces, which has led some to mistakenly think of him as “remote and aloof, inaccessible, self-absorbed,” as Moshfegh puts it.
It’s a fairly deep interview. At one point the two are reciting lines from Rilke and Rumi poems to each other, with the star of Meet Joe Black talking about how “when you carry real pain and real joy simultaneously, this is maturity, this is growth.” At one point, Moshfegh tells Pitt her “heart just might be broken,” to which he replies, “I think all our hearts are broken.”
After the interview is over, Pitt sends her an email in which he elaborates on matters they discussed, which he’s broken into three sections: “Summation, Clarification, Rumination.” He also tells her, “I consider myself on my last leg.”
But there’s also some happier news: After confessing that he’s “always felt very alone in my life,” Pitt adds that he’s changed for the better, that “it’s really not till recently that I have had a greater embrace of my friends and family.” It’s a lovely thing to learn in a story in an issue of a magazine boasting a pretty odd cover image:
why does it look like they tried to bring ray liotta back in brad pitt’s body https://t.co/jJ0LOnlF8M
By fifty, every man has the face he deserves, and Brad Pitt deserves to look like the plaintiff in a lawsuit against an unlicensed Botox clinic https://t.co/FTamxEZTTs
— Jude “Pre-Order MAW – Out 8/2/22” Doyle (@byJudeDoyle) June 22, 2022
Since before this past February’s trade deadline, the Portland Trail Blazers have been linked to pursuing a trade for Pistons forward Jerami Grant. While a deal didn’t get done during the season, with Portland choosing to tank the second half of the year with Damian Lillard hurt and the Pistons choosing to hold off on a trade til the summer, that interest hadn’t changed as Thursday’s Draft approached.
What Grant’s value was on an expiring was up for debate, and we learned on Wednesday night what it would take to get him out of Detroit. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Grant was headed to the Blazers for a 2025 first round pick (from Milwaukee) and a few second round pick swaps.
Detroit swaps 2022 second-round picks — getting 36 for 46 — with Portland, too. Denver gets a 2025 second-round pick back from Portland, and Portland sends the most favorable 2026 second-round pick between Portland and New Orleans to Detroit, sources said. https://t.co/c8M8TlEgoY
There are no other players going to Detroit in the trade, as the Pistons create a massive trade exception and $43 million in cap space for the summer — with the pick headed their way lightly protected — and Portland fits Grant into the trade exception they created in the CJ McCollum deal at the deadline.
The 2025 first-round pick via Milwaukee is protected Nos. 1-4, sources said. Detroit sends Grant into a $21M trade exception, and Pistons now have $43 million in salary cap space for free agency.
This now sets the Blazers up for potentially another big move with the No. 7 overall pick, which has been linked to John Collins trade talks with the Hawks as Atlanta is expected to flip their star forward ahead of the draft. We’ll see if Portland is willing to make another big splash there or if they feel Grant is enough of an addition to push them closer to contending again in the West.
Grant’s fit alongside Damian Lillard has always been apparent, as he’s a solid wing defender with secondary creation abilities on offense. For a Blazers team that has been without that kind of presence on the wing for some time, this is a nice pickup without costing them a major asset and allowing them the flexibility to make another move if they so choose. Detroit, meanwhile, is now able to be the league’s biggest spender in free agency or in absorbing a big contract in a trade, as they look to build around Cade Cunningham and the No. 5 overall pick this year.
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