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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 2176
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:24 pm: |    |
Yeah Jman, I know.
That's how I found out about the other restaurants that just starting in our region (Del Taco, Culvers, Fatburger). |
Jman
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Username: Jman
Post Number: 184
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:42 pm: | |
Culvers is great, don't know about the others. |
Kayakor
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Username: Kayakor
Post Number: 13
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:46 pm: | |
Very cool! Can't wait for Sonic to arrive. I grew up in Oklahoma City (home / headquarters of Sonic) and I miss it. Sonic has a giant menu...something for everyone...plus, it's inexpensive and fast. Welcome to Michigan Sonic! |
Dtales
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Username: Dtales
Post Number: 8
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 4:56 pm: | |
http://dtalesdtown.blogspot.co m/2008/05/so-sonic-in-southgat e-opened-today.html |
Matt
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Username: Matt
Post Number: 1273
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
God, don't you just hate random link posters who don't contribute any commentary? lol j/k (see the Cedar Point thread for the joke I'm making) |
Msamslex
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Username: Msamslex
Post Number: 55
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 6:08 pm: | |
Detroitrise,
The Long John Silvers on Grand River is coupled with an A & W. Just a block or so east of the Southfield.
msamslex |
Downriviera
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Username: Downriviera
Post Number: 476
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 6:13 pm: | |
There is a Long John Silvers in Lincoln Park at Dix and Southfield |
Mrsjdaniels
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Username: Mrsjdaniels
Post Number: 909
Registered: 08-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 6:19 pm: | |
I've been to Sonic AT LEAST 10-15 times in the past month since I made it to Charlotte! |
Detroitwhat
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Username: Detroitwhat
Post Number: 18
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 7:00 pm: | |
I am so burnt up I lived in southgate my WHOLE life and i just moved to Traverse I am not obsessing over Sonic, they are huge in the south especially the slushes, via DOWNRIVER |
Terryh
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Username: Terryh
Post Number: 760
Registered: 11-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:29 pm: | |
Be careful and take it easy on that stuff. It has additives, is addicting and highly toxic. Probably not the best nutritional value, and is probably addictive. |
Viziondetroit
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Username: Viziondetroit
Post Number: 1710
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:44 pm: | |
^ Like everything else we can get through a drive thru? |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 419
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 8:59 pm: | |
The one Sonic I went to down South had a old style Drive Inn. Do these ones have anything like that by chance? I've always been surprised these aren't slightly more popular in Detroit. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 2181
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:03 pm: | |
Sean_of_detroit, a typical Sonic is designed as an old-fashion drive inn.
That was the purpose of its existence.  |
Ljbad89
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Username: Ljbad89
Post Number: 14
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:11 pm: | |
My friend and I went there today, but a Sonic employee guiding people said it would be a 2-hour wait. There were cars lined up at the way to the back of Meijer's parking lot. I'll just have to save it for another day. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 2183
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:15 pm: | |
Hmmm, Wykkidx said the same thing.
I wonder how many people would have come if it opened in Detroit?
(irrelevant statement below)
The whole region came to the 7 Mile & Gratiot Kroger when it first opened...
The next day it was a ghost town. |
Vivadetroit
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Username: Vivadetroit
Post Number: 21
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 9:58 pm: | |
yes, we need to lobby to get Chik-Fil-A in Metro Detroit. If they can have one in Iowa, they can have one here too! |
Detmuscle
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Username: Detmuscle
Post Number: 11
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 10:25 pm: | |
Oh My God |
Scooter2k7
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Username: Scooter2k7
Post Number: 97
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 - 11:47 pm: | |
Chick-Fil-A is one great restraunt. I always visit them when I am in Florida. Besides their awesome tasting food, Chick-Fil-A is good because they RESPECT their employees. They do not open on Sundays because they feel that Sundays are a family day and their employees should be with their families. I think that is great!
We also need a Waffle House and a Cheesecake Factory already! |
Wolverine
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Username: Wolverine
Post Number: 463
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:00 am: | |
Agreed, I love Chic-fil-a. I'm sick of driving 40 miles to the Westfield Mall from Ann Arbor |
Reddog289
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Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 302
Registered: 08-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 2:49 am: | |
got to Sonic at 11pm wed, there was a 2hr wait then and NO one else was getting in line.I got yelled at cause i work afternoons, oldest girls boy friend in trouble too cause he won,t move to okiehoma where there are plenty of sonics and i hear plenty of jobs. glad sonic came here, i,ll go back in a month. |
Dannaroo
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Username: Dannaroo
Post Number: 201
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:46 pm: | |
I was reading the Oakland Business Review yesterday and there was a job advertisement for management positions at Sonics coming to the Flint and Lansing areas!
I guess it's only a matter of time until we get one closer to me in the Troy/Clawson area. |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 1064
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 12:56 pm: | |
I'll take Flint. It's closer than Southgate for me. |
Iheartthed
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Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 3141
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 1:24 pm: | |
quote:They do not open on Sundays because they feel that Sundays are a family day and their employees should be with their families. I think that is great!
Sorta. From the founder's mouth:
quote:Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and directing our attention to things more important than our business. If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work. Through the years, I have never wavered from that position. |
Waymooreland
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Username: Waymooreland
Post Number: 60
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 2:13 pm: | |
Chick-Fil-A is closed on Sundays? Well, in that case, they really ought to consider putting one in Detroit -- it would fit in perfectly! |
Yupislyr
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Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 288
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 6:54 pm: | |
"John Matar of Grosse Ile Township and his partner, Fred Rafou of West Bloomfield, are planning to open 15 Sonic restaurants in Wayne County.
By contract, Matar and Rafou must open multiple Sonic locations in Michigan.
In addition to the Southgate drive-in, a Sonic in Canton Township is in the works.
As planned or proposed, communities that will be home to additional Sonic restaurants could include Flat Rock, Lincoln Park, Taylor, Woodhaven, Monroe, Livonia, Westland and Garden City."
http://thenewsherald.com/stori es/022008/loc_20080220001.shtm l |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 440
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 5:19 am: | |
No Detroit Location? |
Detroit_pride
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Username: Detroit_pride
Post Number: 20
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 2:00 pm: | |
COnstruction bid are due June 2 for a Sonic in Commerce Twp. |
Hornist9
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Username: Hornist9
Post Number: 136
Registered: 05-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:04 pm: | |
Cool, I used to eat at the Sonic in Searcy, Arkansas when I was a student at Harding University. My favorite was the Frito Chili Pie along with a cold Coke...
Glad to see some of the South is finally coming up North...For the White Castle fans, maybe Detroit will get a Chrystal one of these days. |
Tarkus
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Username: Tarkus
Post Number: 520
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:12 pm: | |
Anyone know if they are coming to Macomb county??? |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 460
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:14 pm: | |
One of these would be awesome in;
1. New Center off Woodward or Grand Boulevard.
&
2. At Ford and Wyoming.
A Corktown or River Walk location would also be neat. |
Detroitrise
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Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 2205
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 5:23 pm: | |
"Anyone know if they are coming to Macomb county???"
I hope they do.
Warren or Roseville would be nice. |
Chvyracn24
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Username: Chvyracn24
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 2:08 am: | |
Just got news that Sonic is coming to Lansing. I cant wait for it to be built and open. |
Treble484
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Username: Treble484
Post Number: 54
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 4:56 pm: | |
Went there last night in my '30 Model A Roadster, waited in line about 30 minutes, food was good for fast food, has a slew of drinks to choose from. We'll go back after the lines start to go away. |
Rid0617
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Username: Rid0617
Post Number: 151
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 5:04 pm: | |
Do the car hops roller skate to your car like they do down here? They're all over down here and about once a month they sponsor a car show. So, you've got all these cars from the 40s and 50s line up as they did in the old days |
Elimarr
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Username: Elimarr
Post Number: 58
Registered: 09-2007
| | Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 - 6:10 pm: | |
I live in another city now. There's a Sonic a half mile away...been a few times. It's a burger, people.
A while back, Krispy Kreme opened a location here. Car lines were forming around blocks, directed by traffic cops. It's a doughnut, folks!
I don't get it. |
Jman
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Username: Jman
Post Number: 192
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 - 6:21 pm: | |
I found out yesterday that my niece works there on rollerblades. Her Parents told me with all the business the tips are great. I wonder what they will be after all the hub-bub dies down. |
Tayshaun22
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Username: Tayshaun22
Post Number: 417
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 1:52 am: | |
Elimarr... it's all about the shakes. |
Sean_of_detroit
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Username: Sean_of_detroit
Post Number: 502
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 2:19 am: | |
cough...Daily's is better.... cough |
Gaz
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Username: Gaz
Post Number: 257
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 10:47 am: | |
I met a Sonic waitress at work yesterday, and told her about the excitement and the two hour wait to be served in Detroit. Sonics are commonplace here. She was shocked. Her comment was "holy shit!" |
Charlottepaul
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Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2515
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 12:43 pm: | |
WELCOME TO THE SOUTH! |
Funaho
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Username: Funaho
Post Number: 52
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 3:26 pm: | |
So I'm planning on heading down to Sonic tonight with my GF before seeing a movie at the MJR Southgate. How's the wait now? Can you pay by credit/debit card or should I take cash? |
Alley
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Username: Alley
Post Number: 246
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 3:29 pm: | |
still waiting for my cherry limeade! |
Sixmilejones
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Username: Sixmilejones
Post Number: 17
Registered: 05-2008
| | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 3:32 pm: | |
Can't tell you all how long hubby's waited for a Sonic! The first time he took me to one in Alabama I just couldn't believe how good it was. So glad they're finally moving north! Now if we can just get everybody to serve real sweet southern tea........ |
Jcole
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Username: Jcole
Post Number: 1355
Registered: 04-2005
| | Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 - 4:12 pm: | |
Alley, me too. |
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