Two months after introducing milkshakes to go along with its famous burgers and fries, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is serving the premium drinks at all of its Tucson restaurants.
The Marana restaurant at 7077 N. Thornydale Road at West Ina Road was the first to begin serving the premium milkshakes in early November — the first of the company's stores in the U.S. to add shakes to its menu.
Doug Vaughan, who owns the Tucson area's six Five Guys restaurants with D & J Holdings partner Jeff Noyce, said the premium creamy shakes start with a base of vanilla ice cream and milk. Customers can customize their shakes with mix-ins including Ghirardelli sweet cocoa sauce, fresh strawberries marinated in simple syrup, crumbled Oreo cookies, all-natural peanut butter sweetened with honey and fresh bananas.
A 16-ounce serving is $3.99 and like Five Guys burgers, there's no extra charge for toppings that includes fruits, premium chocolates, Ghirardelli caramel pinched with sea salt, coffee, malted milk, and apple wood smoked bacon cooked and crumbled to order.
In addition to the Marana restaurant, Vaughan and his partner own the Five Guys at 2802 N. Campbell Ave.; 4362 N. Oracle Road near Tucson Mall; 5566 E. Broadway; and 9484 E. 22nd St. They also have the franchise rights to all of Southern Arizona including Casa Grande and Sierra Vista, where Vaughan said they would like to open a restaurant sometime this year.
