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Harrison (Pop Shop)

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The Harrison is described as “Jack cheese, grilled chicken, and garlicky sun-dried tomato aïoli on crusty ciabatta”. It is a tangy chicken grilled cheese sandwich that just works in perfect harmony. From the crusty bread that isn’t too tough but just enough to give it the crisp that is the perfect opposite compliment to the soft thick cheese melted in there. The sandwich is not spicy but has a nice tang to its melt in your mouth bites.

Strongest Flavor: That aioli sauce! So good!

Weakest Flavor: Nothing

Final Verdict: A

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Cupcake Shake (Pop Shop)

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So when you think cupcake what comes to mind? For me its a vanilla cake bottom with some kind of icing usually done up to look more glamorous than it actually tastes. The Cupcake shake at the Pop Shop translates what a cupcake is better than my description. The shake has a kind of birthday cake flavor vibe to it as cake is broken up throughout the shake’s vanilla ice cream. It is a delicious thing.

That whipped cream you see at the top? It is actually a big glob of icing covered in sprinkles. This provides a genuine cupcake combination with the ice cream cake mix down below. The only downside is there is a lot of icing and if you don’t have a strong stomach for that amount of pure sugar you will be hurting later. You won’t regret it though.

Strongest Flavor: Cake + Vanilla ice cream

Weakest Flavor: Sprinkles, pretty but tasteless

Final Verdict: A

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Oreo Cookie Shake (Pop Shop)

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It is hard to screw up a milkshake and luckily this one isn’t one of the few. The Oreo Cookie shake at the Pop Shop is a basic vanilla shake with chocolate syrup drizzled throughout with whipped cream sitting on top covered in crushed cookies. Basic doesn’t mean bad though as the shake is delicious it just doesn’t go in scary territory or have many exciting components to it.

Final Verdict: B

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Your Own Private Idaho (Pop Shop)

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Your Own Private Idaho is described by the Pop Shop as “A Huge double heap of our shoestring hash browns covered with melted Cheddar and topped with two eggs sunny-side up served with choice of toast”. I like the Pop Shop but it is a busy place no matter when you visit. So I’m not going to hold it against them that I asked for white toast and got mullti-grain (gross). The real focus is the eggs and hash browns. The hash browns were cooked nicely not too raw or burned. The cheese really makes every bite melt in your mouth. Cutting the sunny-side up egg and letting it run through the cheesey hash browns is really heavenly.

I would order this again in a heartbeat. The elements of the dish were cooked well and together they were perfection. Again my only issue was the toast error.

Strongest Flavor: That perfect sunny side up egg

Weakest Flavor: That toast 

Final Verdict: B

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Breakfast Burger (Pop Shop)

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Back in the Summer my girlfriend and I went to The Pop Shop in nearby Collingswood NJ. We had been wanting to go for some time and finally did one evening. The place had a great look to it and was extremely packed but in a good way, lively crowd for sure. I should have gotten a shot of the menu cause it is huge! The breakfast burger is on white toast with american cheese, bacon, fried onions, hash browns, and a fried egg. It’s a whopper of a sandwich and if you are into burgers, breakfast, and mountains of sandwiches this is the item for you.

The Breakfast burger was everything I wanted. I always feel I can order a meal and there is something flat out missing or questionable but it wasn’t the case here. Not for those who aren’t in a serious relationship with breakfast.

Strongest Flavor: Fried Egg it was a standout, Hash browns a close second

Weakest Flavor: Bacon was sadly a little weak

Final Verdict: B

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Milkshake (Pop Shop)

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It looks heavenly and tastes pretty damn good too but this milkshake has a bit of an issue. It’s not that its a chocolate peanut butter mix but its full of peanuts at the bottom. It is a strange decision and only slightly takes away from the shake. Just slightly. Otherwise it’s very good with the right texture you want in your milkshake. A lot of milkshakes are just too thick and its like they threw solid blocks of ice cream in a cup. This nailed the smooth flavor, and man did it nail presentation.

Strongest Flavor: Chocolate

Weakest Flavor: Weird sunken peanuts at the bottom

Final Verdict: C