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Yeah, I like their foot-long chili cheese hot dog!
https://www.sonicdrivein.com/m...

Maybe they were thinking about http://www.sonicdrivein.com/?

But in their defense, I understand the hamburger wrappers make great tinfoil hats.

Me too. They've got good burgers.

I went to the local Sonic drive-in, and ordered the No. 2 burger meal.
The lady said, "What do you want on that hamburger?"
I said, "Oh, just whatever comes on it."
When I got the hamburger, I swear it tasted like they put Stinkbugs on it, well sort of anyway.
Next time I got hungry, I decided to save myself some money, and just make a sandwich at home.

Sega has no influence on Sonic.

But good luck getting a bunch of minimum wage high school emplyees to take directions from a computer. Managers have a hard enough time keeping them in line.

When I worked at a Sonic Drive In in 1985-6, we teens weren't any less lazy than the ones today (despite what we tell our teens now). While flipping burgers and dropping fries, I thought about my TRS-80 Model I and my new Model 100, and had a brainstorm. What if the girl at the microphone had a computer terminal, and hit a key for each food item, and then -- get this -- the order would display on a screen in the kitchen! I think I got a pretty good reception for the idea, since I'd just wowed my co-workers and the 20-something manager with the voice synthesizer I'd built for the Model 100.

But nobody thought it would work:

* The heat and grease would kill the electronics.
* Where do you mount a big ol' TV monitor?
* You'll never be able to train the cooks -- they can barely figure out the french fry timer.
* You'll never be able to train the order-takers -- they can barely figure out the bank of speaker switches.
* Special orders would be impossible.
* What's wrong with the slips of paper with orders written on them (#1 HB +O -P)?

I've often wondered two things. One, shouldn't I be a freakin' gazillionaire by now? Two, what's going to be the Next Big Thing in the minimum-wage kitchen. This may -- or may not -- be it.

"...man I wish they had those around here the food looks good."

I'm a lucky dog! Living here in Stillwater, OK, home of the first ever Sonic (see history here if interested: http://www.sonicdrivein.com/history/index.jsp), I can attest that the food is as good as the commercials portray it to be. Most of the Sonics I have tried in other parts of the USA have also been good.
If you ever travel to the mid/southwest, give it a try- they are one of the better fast food joints IMHO.
If you imbibe alcohal, then one of Sonic's "Route 44 Cherry Limeaides" with tequila makes for a tasty field expedient margarita substitute! :)

Who else here likes Sonic food? I love it! The chicken caesar toaster (not on the menu) is awesome, so are the cheddar peppers. mmmm I just ate some for lunch and want to share.

KTHXBYE!

The surest sign of the decline of western civilization is the fact that Sonic has a drive-thru. People are too lazy to put their cars in reverse.