Shake Shack to open first East End location at Riverhead Tanger Outlets
Shake Shack will open its first East End outpost June 30 at Tanger Outlets Riverhead, bringing tote giveaways and another national draw to the outlet center.
Shake Shack is pushing farther east on Long Island, and its first East End location is set to open June 30 at Tanger Outlets Riverhead. The 3,100-square-foot restaurant will sit in Tanger 2 at 200 Tanger Mall Drive, giving shoppers and day-trippers a new national fast-casual option at one of Suffolk County’s busiest retail stops.
The opening is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., and the first wave of customers will receive free Shake Shack tote bags. The restaurant will be open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., making it a steady addition for outlet traffic that already brings in visitors from the North Fork, the Hamptons and the broader East End.
The Riverhead store is more than a one-off. Shake Shack already operates in Lake Grove and Melville, and the company has been building out a broader Suffolk and Nassau footprint for years. Riverhead now becomes the brand’s western-to-eastern bridge on Long Island, extending a chain that now says it has more than 630 locations worldwide, including more than 405 in the United States and more than 225 internationally.
For Tanger, the new tenant adds to a center that promotes itself as an East End destination with more than 130 top brands and local shops. Tanger Outlets Riverhead has long been positioned as a regional pull, and the addition of Shake Shack reinforces that role by layering another recognizable name onto a property already designed to capture travelers moving through Riverhead and onto Route 495.
The outlet center itself has deep roots in the town’s retail economy. ICSC materials say the original Riverhead center opened in 1994 as a 297,000-square-foot outlet retail complex, with Riverhead 2 following in 1997 after the first phase succeeded. Over that time, the property has helped shape Riverhead’s identity as a shopping destination rather than just a pass-through town.
This latest lease fits that pattern. A first East End Shake Shack means more dining choices for shoppers, a new draw for tourists, and another sign that Riverhead remains attractive to national chains looking for traffic on the eastern end of Suffolk County.
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