Giant milkshakes served in 100 flavours, topped with waffles, cheesecake slices or even cotton candy.
Retro glass bottles and jars that you're allowed to take home.
Fried chicken, beef or vegetarian burgers with habanero, peri peri, chow mein and hot honey.
South Asian or Mexican poutine mash-ups filled with chicken, paneer or cauliflower.
Wraps, rice bowls, and fried chili momo dumplings.
From humble beginnings as a Toronto-area pop-up shop, Holy Shakes has blossomed after a half-dozen years into an 11-store franchise chain with outlets in Brampton East, Brampton West, Burlington, Meadowvale, Heartland, Milton, Guelph, Calgary, Etobicoke, Scarborough and Ajax Harwood.
New Holy Shakes locations will be opening soon in Delta, B.C. and Edmonton.
And the City of Sault Ste. Marie recently granted a building permit for a $100,000 renovation project for a Holy Shakes in the Pine Plaza.
It was one of 106 local building permits issued in the first quarter of 2025, valued at a total of $24 million.
That compared to 136 permits worth $59.9 million for the same period last year.
Some items of interest from this year's first-quarter list:
- a $6,174,000 childcare addition and classroom renovation at H.M Robbins Public School, 83 East Balfour St.
- a $6-million expansion of the ultraviolet building superstructure and base slab at the East End Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2221 Queen St. East
- a $2,716,000 replacement of windows, screens and balcony framing at Sault Housing Authority's 14-storey apartment building at 615 Bay St.
- $1.5 million to build a new pharmacy for IDA in existing mall space 275 Second Line West
- $848,200 for locker rooms, kitchen and other interior renovations for the new auxiliary police station at 180 Brock St.
The Ontario government has identified a housing goal of 1,500 new units in Sault Ste. Marie within a 10-year target (2022–2031).
Currently, the city has issued permits for 769 residential housing units since 2022.