Shake Shack is opening its second Oklahoma restaurant in Norman, following a building permit filing with the city and roughly eleven months after the chain's first Sooner State location debuted in north Oklahoma City. The New York-based burger chain has steadily built out its presence in the state since last fall, and Norman is the next stop.
The Norman filing came alongside two other national chains. According to The Norman Transcript, Shake Shack filed for a building permit with the city alongside The Greene Turtle restaurant and convenience store QuikTrip. A low-confidence search-result snippet from The Oklahoman indicates the Norman restaurant would become the state's second Shake Shack location, though that detail has not been independently verified beyond the snippet itself.
Shake Shack, founded in New York City, made its first foray into Oklahoma last November, opening at OAK, a 20-acre mixed-use district in north Oklahoma City, according to The Journal Record. The OAK restaurant occupies a glass-walled space facing Heartwood Park, the outlet reported, and Shake Shack's own location page describes the OAK restaurant as the first in the state.
What Opening Day Looked Like in Oklahoma City
When the OAK location opened, it served the chain's familiar lineup — Angus beef burgers, chicken sandwiches, hand-spun shakes and house-made lemonades — per the same Journal Record report. The first wave of guests in line that day received limited-edition Shake Shack merchandise, the outlet noted.
The new franchise was expected to employ 50 people, according to KFOR. That station also reported the OAK restaurant's hours: open until 11 p.m. daily, and until midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. KFOR reported the opening was tied to a charitable push, noting that a dollar from every meal sold that day went to the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, while the Journal Record's account described the donation as a dollar for every sandwich sold on opening day — a discrepancy in reporting that has not been resolved.
A Statewide Expansion Still Taking Shape
KFOR reported that the OAK location was the first of seven restaurants the franchise has planned across Oklahoma, a sign that Norman was unlikely to be the chain's last stop in the state.
For now, Norman diners know a Shake Shack is coming to town, built on the template the chain already established at OAK: Angus burgers, hand-spun shakes and a growing Oklahoma footprint that started with a single storefront in the capital city less than a year ago.
