omg yes!!!
Ok im a fat ass and see those god damn SONIC commercials all the god damn time and never can have it! cause they are only in the south!!!!! WELL THEY ARE OPENING THEM HERE hahahahah YAY
A group of local investors has obtained development rights for Sonic restaurants in Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and part of Bucks counties, members of the group said last week. The first one will probably open in about a year.
The development group includes famed auto racer Michael Andretti; his business manager, J.F. Thormann; Nazareth area businessman Bruce Orwig; and Orwig's nephew, Paul Klotz. Orwig and Klotz will take an active role in store development, while Andretti and Thormann will stay more in the background as investors, according to Thormann.
It will not be the first food venture for either side. Orwig and Andretti operate five area Quiznos sandwich shops between them. Thormann said Andretti will likely sell his Quiznos shops to concentrate on Sonic.
Orwig said he felt Sonic's Fifties-style concept was ''right for the area,'' while Thormann called the chain ''exciting.''
Sonic, based in Oklahoma City, bills itself as America's largest chain of drive-in restaurants. At drive-ins, customers never leave their cars, placing orders through curbside speakers and waiting for carhops to bring out the meal. (Cinema buffs will remember seeing a drive-in in ''American Graffiti,'' which featured Donna Wehr's scintillating star turn as ''Carhop.'')
The drive-in concept is pretty firmly linked with the '50s. So being the largest drive-in company may seem like an outdated boast - rather like being America's largest buggywhip company. But Sonic Corp. is a genuinely large operation, with more than 3,000 U.S. restaurants, $623 million in annual sales, a stock that trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market and a series of ads that are staples on national cable TV.
The chain's menu mixes fast-food staples, such as burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches, with less common items. Examples include ''Toaster'' sandwiches, made on thick toast, and a line of flavorings - such as green apple and blue coconut - that can be added to any fountain drink.
Sonic opened its first Pennsylvania store this spring in Brownstown, Lancaster County. Reader Harsh visited a week or so after the opening, and told us it took him 45 minutes to get in and out because the restaurant was so packed.
Will the Valley take to Sonic that eagerly? Well, we'll find out soon enough.
A group of local investors has obtained development rights for Sonic restaurants in Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and part of Bucks counties, members of the group said last week. The first one will probably open in about a year.
The development group includes famed auto racer Michael Andretti; his business manager, J.F. Thormann; Nazareth area businessman Bruce Orwig; and Orwig's nephew, Paul Klotz. Orwig and Klotz will take an active role in store development, while Andretti and Thormann will stay more in the background as investors, according to Thormann.
It will not be the first food venture for either side. Orwig and Andretti operate five area Quiznos sandwich shops between them. Thormann said Andretti will likely sell his Quiznos shops to concentrate on Sonic.
Orwig said he felt Sonic's Fifties-style concept was ''right for the area,'' while Thormann called the chain ''exciting.''
Sonic, based in Oklahoma City, bills itself as America's largest chain of drive-in restaurants. At drive-ins, customers never leave their cars, placing orders through curbside speakers and waiting for carhops to bring out the meal. (Cinema buffs will remember seeing a drive-in in ''American Graffiti,'' which featured Donna Wehr's scintillating star turn as ''Carhop.'')
The drive-in concept is pretty firmly linked with the '50s. So being the largest drive-in company may seem like an outdated boast - rather like being America's largest buggywhip company. But Sonic Corp. is a genuinely large operation, with more than 3,000 U.S. restaurants, $623 million in annual sales, a stock that trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market and a series of ads that are staples on national cable TV.
The chain's menu mixes fast-food staples, such as burgers and grilled chicken sandwiches, with less common items. Examples include ''Toaster'' sandwiches, made on thick toast, and a line of flavorings - such as green apple and blue coconut - that can be added to any fountain drink.
Sonic opened its first Pennsylvania store this spring in Brownstown, Lancaster County. Reader Harsh visited a week or so after the opening, and told us it took him 45 minutes to get in and out because the restaurant was so packed.
Will the Valley take to Sonic that eagerly? Well, we'll find out soon enough.