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Author Topic: Our experience at SONIC Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-18-2011 07:44 PM                     quote: Louis Bornwasser Didn't Sonic start as a GAS station? Sonic started out in 1953 in Shawnee, Oklahoma (Brad Pitt's home town) as Top Hat Drive-In. The drive-in's owners changed the name to Sonic a few years later after learning the Top Hat Drive-In thing was already taken & trademarked. The original Wayne's Drive-Inn here in Lawton opened in 1950; it just didn't expand like Sonic did. More than 50 years passed before the owners added a second location on Lawton's West side, right in front of the Carmike 8 theater parking lot.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 04-19-2011 09:09 AM                     I think more than the quality of food, the biggest complaint I have is more about the logistics. The place has no ambience and the service they provide is actually more of a hassle and inconvenience. It is actually easier for me as a consumer just to have either a takeout window or a drivethru. And I agree with Bobby Henderson on the mayo on fast food burgers thing. The average fast food worker has no concept of what "spreading" is versus putting a globs of mayo on a burger. Even the "light" mayo I order tends to have way too much mayonnaise. So these days, I just ask for separaate mayo or just skip it altogether. Not only is it unhealhty, too much mayo actually detracts from the taste. If someone wants too much ketchup or mayo, let them grab an extra packet of it instead.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-19-2011 01:10 PM                        What is the deal with fast-food ketchup anyway? If you order a takeout burger, they put a small dollop of ketchup in the very middle of the burger and by the time you eat it, you can't even taste the ketchup at all. They should at least put enough on to go fairly close to the edges, so you get some in every bite but it's not dripping out the edge. Burgers are more of an art form than a lot of people realize, I think!  |  IP: Logged Joshua Waaland Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 800 From: Cleveland, Ohio Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-19-2011 02:18 PM                     Well I just got back from lunch and I had my first meal at a Sonic. I was in one of the next cities over for work and decided to go there and try the Chicago dogs they have been advertising on television. I went to the drive thru since I have no desire to wait in one of those stalls. I ordered two of the Chicago dogs, an order of onion rings that the employee talked me into, and a cherry lemonade. When she told me the total was only $5.81 I thought for sure that she got my order wrong. No way can you get that much food for that price at any fast food restaurant. I looked at the receipt and it was correct so then I figured the portions must be very small. I was impressed when she handed the food to me at how much there actually was. The onion rings were standard run of the mill onion rings but very crispy. The dogs were very good and spicy and the drink was also good. Overall I was impressed and I will go back. Those dumb television ads always get me.  |  IP: Logged Stephen LaPadula Film Handler Posts: 50 From: New York, Ny Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-19-2011 07:47 PM                     Not to get off topic of Sonic, but speaking about calories has anyone seen the BACONATOR from Wendy's: 3 1/4 lb patties with bacon and cheese on every level. Cheese Cake Factory serves Fettuccini Alfredo for 1700 calories....and that's the kid portion  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 04-21-2011 07:35 AM                     Cheesecake Factory website says they don't offer a kid's menu. And I will never, ever, ever, evvvver be surprised by the caloric content of anything with the word "bacon" or "cheesecake" associated with it.  |  IP: Logged Pravin Ratnam Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 844 From: Atlanta, GA,USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 04-21-2011 09:30 PM                     I love bacon. I love cheeseburgers. BUt for whatever reason, I dont like bacon cheeseburgers. For me the bacon taste is too strong and overwhelms the burger taste. Considering how popular bacon cheeseburgers are, I must be one of the few that feels this way.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-21-2011 11:22 PM                     I'm not really big on bacon cheeseburgers either. Grilled stuffed peppers wrapped in bacon, those are pretty good. Sometimes I can go for burgers with slightly unusual ingredients, like mushrooms and Swiss cheese. It just depends on the mood. I'll probably need to hold off eating a burger anytime soon. Tuesday night I was in Stillwater, OK. Ate a full rack of "fall off the bone ribs" at Texas Roadhouse. I wanted to eat at a restaurant we didn't already have in Lawton, but the group chose Texas Roadhouse.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-22-2011 12:30 AM                     quote: Mike Blakesley they put a small dollop of ketchup in the very middle of the burger and by the time you eat it, you can't even taste the ketchup at all. Why I usually ask for a thing of BBQ sauce - to give some life in them burgers ...  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-22-2011 12:58 AM                     Bacon burgers are okay but I don't think they are worth the upcharge that most places want for it. If you want the ultimate bacon treat try chocolate covered bacon!  |  IP: Logged Louis Bornwasser Film God Posts: 4441 From: prospect ky usa Registered: Mar 2005 posted 04-22-2011 10:12 AM                        ". . . a heart attack on-a-bun!!"  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-22-2011 12:40 PM                     Incorect Louis! THIS is a heart attack burger.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-22-2011 01:09 PM                     Ugh, Paula Deen handles the "burger" for the camera. Then she puts it back on the plate and licks the doughnut icing off her fingers. Then she picks up the burger and hands it to the other lady to take a bite. Great sanitary habits there folks! Then the two ladies are eating on the same burger. That's kind of passing a line of being gross. What's next? Is one of them going to chew the burger a little and spit it into the other's mouth?  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-22-2011 01:16 PM                     She did say they were going to be arrested.  |  IP: Logged Chase Pickett Expert Film Handler Posts: 142 From: Irving, Texas, USA Registered: Nov 2010 posted 04-22-2011 01:29 PM                     McDonald's McHeart-attack: One Double Cheeseburger + One Hot n' Spicy (or regular depending on preference) chicken sandwich. Split the double cheeseburger in half horizontally, or between the two beef patties, insert Hot n' Spicy (bun and all) into the double cheeseburger and viola! Whoever knew a one way ticket to cardiac arrest would only be $2?!  |  IP: Logged

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