Sonic Drive-In, The Speed of Sound - Life in America
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This is a seriously underated channel!! I absolutely love this channel!!
I second that motion! A great channel!
It's the best, isn't it? So good I bring up stuff from here with my mom & brother. Always helps to have family help you remember 😆
I get to learn about a piece of history everyday.
same, and i like the narrators voice. most i find annoying but this guy does it well
Awesome channel! I watch most every day..👍
There is a local drive in restaurant near me in Bridgewater PA called Jerry's Curb Service
Opened in September 1947, still in operation today and owned by the son of the founder
Growing up in Oklahoma City in the early 70s Sonic has been a staple and still very good at many locations. Has gotten too commercialized over the years and miss the Sonic of my youth but do enjoy some of the old and new treats with my kids.
In Kansas and Louisiana, Sonic's are not very good. The quality is poor (accepted fact by everyone living in those states).
The quality has been lost sometimes due to the sheer volume and speed of times
@@cnance1972 They change the recipes and parts of the menus. The hamburgers taste like they came from China nowadays and just heated up.
@@bp39047 totally agree, miss the simple good burger and fries days
I totally agree
I have so much respect for these businesses when I learn how they started. It’s very hard to build a business from scratch, to keep it going for years and decades ....and for it to become a household name is downright remarkable. Thank you so much for giving these stories!
Oh yes!
Absolutely
(I have so much respect for these businesses when I learn how they started) Me too. And not the son of a millionaire. Just hard working people who did well. Hats off to them.
And then they became the corporations that are the problem in this country.
Don't get me wrong. I love humble beginnings, but you can't forget what they've become.
Your relaxed narrative style and the choice of great instrumental music played at a correct low volume makes your channel a winner. Keep up the good work, don't change a thing!
Indeed perfect
a cherry limeade was always good on a hot az. nite
In the 60’s and 70’s it was a matter of pride that Sonic was an Oklahoma company. Some of my friends worked there in high school and college. It was affordable and still pretty good, better than McD’s. One of the few companies that has managed to grow and change with the times and tastes of America 🇺🇸. Too bad they don’t have some the old menu items, Frito chill pie and chicken fried steak sandwich. Good retrospective video 👍
Makes sense the only time I had sonic was while visiting Oklahoma as a kid. I didn't know it originated there.
Some times they bring the Frito chili pie back.
When, they first opened one in Indiana they had chuckwagon sandwiches on the menu within a year and, a half after they opened that one (Madison), I was disappointed that it had been taken off the menu. That’s one of the sandwich my childhood was made of. Breaded deep fried steak. Pete’s Pride was company that makes them frozen but, there’s nothing that beats it when it’s made fresh and hand battered. Anywhere, I see it on the menu, I usually get one.
Chili cheese tots, corn dogs, and a cherry lime slush. That's what I call a well-balanced meal.
No, that will kill you but once in a great while it's good for your mental health.
Grilled cheese, onion rings and cherry limeade 😊
Back in 1968 while driving from Texas to home in Ohio I would see Sonic Drive In restaurants in many small towns in the south. Always seemed to be the gathering place in addition to burgers, fries and shakes. No Sonics in Ohio? We had KFC, Big Boy and McDonalds.
Yeh we had several Bobs Big Boy in my area.
I smoke weed on my RUclips channel as my job😎👌💨
Sonics are in Ohio now, least in SW Ohio. One about 3 1/2 miles from where I live.
@@robertjaent6087 😎👌💨This is such wonderful wonderful news!
First Sonic I ever went to was in Ft. Hood, Texas in 1975. They were giving away glasses with some combo meals and I collected 6. Came home to Ohio and packed them away. Moved a few times and haven't seen them in 30 years.
I just moved to Texas and they are everywhere! Good eats and great service
Austin was the first place I’d ever seen a Sonic. I really enjoyed the whole experience from the car. Sonic was one of the things that made that trip special!
So why did you move to Texas?
@@johnnywest8283 new job opportunity and looking for a change of scenery. The people down here are all so nice!
Where in Texas is this?
@@MarvelousWesty welcome to Texas! I love my state. People are friendly here. Most of them anyway.
I find your videos so fascinating...I've never been to a Sonic, but would love to sometime. It makes a place more special when one knows a bit of the history behind it. Keep up the great work!
Never been to one either although I'm well aware of the ads. Pulled into one in Quakertown PA but we waited to long & left. Just looked up to see where any others were. A couple nearby. Will give it a try 🍦
I used to go to Sonic before I got old, not the healthiest food. I loved their chili cheese dog that was just like the one at the little soft serve ice cream place in my hometown.
Food quality has nose dived sadly in recent years.
Watch out with limeades, tasty esp on a hot day but don't be surprised if you get a canker sore ! Don't know what they changed but I don't have them anymore due to getting a canker sore every time.
@@robertd9850 the chili cheese dogs, definitely a mess to eat, take a bib and plan on washing up in the bathroom.
To this day, Sonic still holds a retro theme to it.
And Sonic Drive-In came years before Sonic the Hedgehog existed.
@@darrylh1971 A/W Root beer drive-in used to have roller skates waitresses many years ago. Too bad sonic no longer uses roller skates on servers.
Word family
With sucky food tho...
@@darrylh1971Agree.
These videos really bring back good memories and Sonic is one of them. Been going to Sonic since the 1970's ... Thanks for these heartwarming videos. Now I've got to go down to the Sonic for a Cherry Lime Aide and burger!!
Sadly my local Sonic closed last year... and it shared the parking lot with a Kmart and a Ruby Tuesday which both closed a few months earlier... and sadly the Pizza Hut sit-down restaurant (it originally was one of the classic red-roofed Pizza Hut restaurants) across the street closed forever, just a few months ago. Pizza Hut lasted over 50 years in this same building!
I've lived in Shawnee, Oklahoma all my life and in the 1960s we would go to the original Sonic on Harrison St. Then in the mid 1970s we would go there to get something to eat before cruising Kickapoo on Friday and Saturday nights. I miss the old days.
I absolutely love your channel. Thank you for everything that you do.
Hey Dave! Thanks so much. I just went over and subscribed to yours too. I find myself watching old commercials all the time on RUclips. Let me know if you want to do some collaboration- maybe some shoutout stuff on the Community tab. I think there is a lot of overlap in our content. Thanks for watching!
I worked at the sonic in Mesquite, TX in 1978. That was my first job. Love Sonic and always will.
I went to a Sonic near Franklin Park, IL. They made a great burger & it's the only fast food place that offered tater tots as a side. 😁
Believe it or not they have one in Franklin Park NJ as well! 😆
When I was in grade school, I lived in Woodward, Okla. (1957) There was a Tophat drive-in. I remember getting a Brown Derby ice cream cone (Chocolate dipped). Later it was changed to Sonic but by then we were living in OKC. Love da Sonic.
Sonic was my first job when I was 9 years old. I worked on the weekend scrubbing up the oil that leaked from cars. And other odd jobs I got 20 bucks and a free meal
That is so true about the ice lol, love the cherry limeade
My favorite fast food restaurant. Excellent burgers, crispy fries, lightly breaded onion rings, thick creamy shakes.
It's a little depressing, at my age, that many of the events you refer to as "nostalgic" coincide with my childhood. 🤣
Not to worry, they call stuff from the 90's Vintage! 😂
Same here! I’m 66 and see lots of places I grew up with that are gone. A long list.
@@johngullo9420 Damn you're older than my dad. LoL 😅
John Gullo I was looking at the comments & was reminded of a burger place Wetson's. For the life of me I could not place it till someone else said where it was. Crazy. Then proceeded to talk about other landmarks I hadn't thought of in years. So much change.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Thats because the world is made up of people of every age.
I've always liked Sonic and their huge menu. Where I live there's 3 of them in a 6 mile radius.
I started working as a car hop at a Sonic in Tennessee when I was in the 9th grade in 1974. I moved from bumper jumper to the Swamp ( the deep friars and hot dog station) then finally to the grill. I worked there for three years and had a blast the entire time.
My first job was at a brand new Sonic in Sheridan Colorado way back in 1978, loved the job, saved enough to buy my first car, which got me my first girlfriend, which got me a lot of great memories. Thanks Sonic!
First Sonic I ever went to was in Socorro New Mexico in the 80’s
I really like my home town Sonic in cottonwood Arizona 👍
Oh yes, Socorro my grandparents lived in Pie Town NM and we would go to Socorro every once and a while to pick up supplies.
Springerville Az was another supply option as well.
Thank you,
Speaking of Parkland, Oswald did not shoot JFK
I remember the Sonic Drive-in Restaurant located at 305 West 11 Mile Road and Sherman in Royal Oak, Michigan. The Sonic Drive-in Restaurant is closed permanently. I had lunch at that location years ago. The food was very good.
There's one right across from Oakland Mall in Troy. I don't care for their food.
I was so glad Sonic finally came to South Jersey a few years ago. Used to work for a radio station in Carrollton MO that was close to a Sonic. Nice short walk for food.
It's great to know that there is still a stand where you can park your car and they deliver your order! I take advantage of this often and therefore visit Sonic's often! Plus, I love their great venue of food and drink. No other has it like Sonic.
Cherry Limeade can't be beat. I've backed my boat into the parking spot on a dare and ordered from the back of the boat. Created a stir on a small SC town Friday night.
I am from Texas and occasionally I have seen trail riders come to sonic on their horses .lol..also back in the 80s you could order cigarettes at the drive up !!!!! I like the diet cherry limeade and I buy my bags of ice there. Sonic has great ice .
As a little girl back in the day....lol....It was such a treat for my dad to take us out to Sonic for a friday or saturday night dinner! I LOVE collecting the animal tooth picks that they stuck on the burgers! Along with a peppermint candy.
That is the Sonic that I will ALWAYS and FOREVER remember!!
Thank you for this video
I enjoy their BLT and a couple of other items on the menu plus the Blue Coconut slushie
I love their BLT add cheese! Extra Mayo- delicious
We didn't have a 'Sonic' growing up in west Michigan, but we did have an A&W stand.
_I'm actually drinking a gin & tonic from one of their mugs right now! The logo is long worn off, but there's no mistaking the shape._
A & W was the first to have carhops on roller skates. And yes, the best root beer
Happy Hour at Sonic in Santee Ca is the place to be!
Glad the newer Sonics also have drive thrus, which is beneficial for their locations in states where it’s cooler during the winter time.
Shawnee, Oklahoma their first front...We used to go quite a bit...It has finally been torn down, sad.. The younger family members, our neighbors for a few years... They have just sold out,
to some group from Atlanta, i thinks... Another great memory in History, in our Country ... Thanx for many years, Sonic
I'm sad to say that many of them in San Antonio, TX have closed. I always here complaints about the food not being so good. Yet everyone loves the cherry limeade and slushes. Its too bad many close before pandemic. It is weird that many competitors dining areas have been closed.
I am born and raised in
Longview,Tx and still live
there today. The drive in
that the guy got his
inspiration from was called
K&N Drive in. It was on
South Green St. I remember
going there as a kid it was
awesome it had intercoms
there hanged down from
the awning that you drive
under spaced apart. After
a while they went to car hops. My where did the
time go.
I grew up in a one stoplight town in SE OK, we didn’t have a McD’s, but we had a Sonic. It was THE hangout, it was like the town square, lol. You’d always run into friends or family there. As a cheerleader, they would help us fundraise for camp and uniforms by having us be carhops for a day, skates optional. It was a lot of fun, so many good memories of that place. It was an important part of our lives.
I grew up in Northern Illinois, but moved to Oklahoma City as a young adult. Sonics are everywhere, to the point you just took it for granted that you were near one. I lived in Oklahoma so long that I assumed that many of their local and regional restaurants were nationwide. Sonic, Whataburger, Braums, Mazzio's Pizza were all common in the state. I moved back to the midwest a few years back and was surprised to discover that none of them were in Indiana....except for Sonic.
I had no idea Sonic was around that long. I thought they just filled the A&W vacuum. Love your presentations.
There are least 2 A&W's in Northern Michigan.
The commentator here is excellent. Very professional.
You could combat the summer heat with a Route 44 (oz) Vanilla Pepsi or Cherry Pepsi and chill. When I was unemployed, the 2-for-$2 Tuesdays helped to keep me fed. I avoid Sonics now because of diabetes but every now and again I will splurge on a double-cheeseburger and a soda. The food was always better than what you paid for it - which wasn't much.
The route 44 is not 44oz. They were named that after the interstate that runs between OKC and Tulsa. And they sell Coke , not pepsi there (along with their paper thin hamburgers)
Is given millions diabetes I bet
I had the privilege of knowing the owner of the Sonic behind Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Bill was a true gentleman! I am now the owner of his wristwatch given to him by corporate on the 25th anniversary of his ownership. I wear it as a product sample when trying to sell watches with a logo in my promotional products business!
Parkland is where JFK died. 🙏🏻
Back in the late 1970s, Me and my family ate at sonic drive in restaurant in Tennessee. It was fun . I'll remember those days.
The Seventies didn't stop us from driving our hot rods to Sonic every Fri.-Sat. night. It was the local showplace for everyone's muscle cars. Good times. 👍
3:25 Nice early 70's Gran Torino , ....also maybe an Impala ? on the left end.
@@TANTRUMGASM looks like '69 Chevelle
@@josephtravers777 Buick Skylark 68 or 69
@@TANTRUMGASM 72 Gran Torino sport notchback
@@davidphelps214 loved those Magnum wheels with some Raised letter G/T 's back in the Day. Almost a must have
look on a Gran torino..
One opened in my home town, around 1973, in Hutchinson Kansas, it's still there.
Love the Peanuts music. I really love old drive ins and eating places. Any Ice Cream shop that makes or sells Pink Bubble Gum ice cream. So many have disappeared.
I worked at Sonic for a time. Their onion 🧅 rings Are , ( or were), freshly cut & hand battered daily . We added a tad of vanilla to the batter.
The vanilla and sugar are why I don't like them. Onion rings should be savory, not candy-like.
I work for a Sonic and I make the onion rings by hand every morning. Most Sonics now a days have machines (which I've never seen one) to do there onion rings. Anyone that I have taught how to do the onion rings who come from other Sonics says they would rather do them by hand like we do then deal with the machine.
Some of the BEST onion rings I ever had!
I remember 20 years ago when Sonic arrived here in Savannah GA. It really brought back the "good old days" for me.
Love Sonic...their food is pretty damn good and I love the nostalgic feeling.
I like their commercials but never ate there, i might try their food one day.
We had an A&W in my hometown and it closed down in the mid 70's and became a produce stand. (The one and only Pinball machine was left behind)
After I got out of the Navy, Gino’s was the first job I got while going to school. I worked at the store in Philadelphia located on City Line Avenue. I remember when it later changed to a Roy Rogers’ Restaurant.
I first went to Sonic with my roommate when I was in college in Ruston. We went once a week usually on a Saturday night since I worked late on Fridays. We were in heaven when we went to sonic on Saturday night.
I miss the Sonic brown bag special. 2 burgers, fries and drink for about $5 back in the 80's. Their fries used to be WAY better than McDonald's in the 80's. Like everything since, it's been corporate enshittified.
During the 1980's & the 1990's, the late Tom Bosley became the TV commercial spokesman for Sonic Drive-In restaurants.
I never knew how Sonic was named. These videos are interesting, especially when they are about a business that has been long closed and forgotten. Thanks RR.
Been going to Sonic since the mid-60's when we'd always stop at the Sonic in Woodward, OK on our way to Grandpa and Grandma's in Jennings, OK (west of Tulsa, basically a wide spot in the road). Later worked as a carhop in 1969 at the Sonic in my hometown, but we didn't use roller skates. A lot of the early Sonics have closed, in some cases new ones opened in a different location. Still a treat to stop at a Sonic on trips back and forth to Wichita.
Always great production and content!
Every time I go to the USA I eat at a sonic. I love it.
My absolutely favorite hamburger. Sonic. I love the entire theme and vibe of this place.
Come for the burgers, stay for the cool old cars!
I grew up in north central Oklahoma and on Friday nights, Sonic was the hangout after dragging main street.
We had / have one on I -70 in Safford AZ. Sonic was our hangout for cursing in the mid 80's.
Back again to the 'member berry channel. Sitting here, drinking beer, and thinking about the my past. Who else?
I love their hot dogs!......they are the best!
I've had better.
The Coney
@@nickhill8612 yep!..got that right!
@@MisterMikeTexas where?..in Mexico?.(you can get fresh dog meat tacos there!... nice and hot! Not bad! BTW!...Lol!
I live in a small town off a divided highway that has a Sonic nearby. Food, especially the burgers, are as good as ever.
Thanks for this video!
Awww, what a sweet trip through my past--thank you.....and now I want a sweet treat--cherry limeade--yum!!!
We have one a mile away but I never stopped in. Now I will.
I really miss the old sonic! Their burgers, especially the #2, was the best! They were bigger-wider than any other burger, and the batter fried onion rings were sooo tasty. Too bad they changed such a simple, tasty menu. Happy Eating!
We got a Sonic when they went into expansion madness back around 1998 then a ton of them closed up. Really wish they'd come back.
I grew up in Longview Tex and remember the first Sonic, which was located on South High st. Everyone went nuts over the roller-skating car-hops. They still have Sonic on High st. a couple of blocks down from the original. Plus locations all over town.
What bugs me is, I can't for the life of me think of who had the speaker box that inspired them. That'll bug me for days.
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Hi from Tyler, Tx. We have several Sonic’s here. One is 5 miles from my house. Most of their food is good. They have app specials, as well as, weekly. Longview, Tx, mentioned, is 35 miles away.
I ate at Sonic for the first time about 3 months ago and it was for the Bacon Jam burger and it was DELICIOUS
Still haven't yet gotten to one out here in California as the nearest is a couple of cities away, but do plan to go there one day!
Definitely worth the trip!
When I was living in La Jolla, San Diego. They had a sonic about a 5-10 minute drive from where I lived (the Ucsd campus) it closed and was turned into a Starbucks about 3 or so years ago. I then stopped getting sonic every week because the closest one was 30 minutes away, and they took an hour to serve just drinks.
They need more in cali
It is so refreshing to listen to one of these documentaries where the company didn't peak and then disappear.
LOVE SONIC
My hometown in west Tennessee got a Sonic around 1977. It was our second fast food restaurant (Dairy Queen predated it by 7 years.) It was THE place to hang out during my high school years! Of course, the right side was where the cool people hung out and the left side was the “nerd” side. That same Sonic (with some updates) is still there today, and is the go-to place for getting a cold drink on a hot day!
Great video! Never knew the history of Sonic. They sure do have amazing food! I could eat there every day..👍
This is absolutely a TOP CHANNEL👍👍💯
We enjoy the Sonics in our area.
Still here in Florida with great food and service.
Cheese tator tots and cherry Vanilla Coke with the animals on the straws was sooo great !!
The Top Hat Drive In was located less than a 1/4 mile from where I lived, and the Log House became a good steak house. Sonic is definitely a source of pride here in Shawnee where it all started. Those early Sonic photos could easily have me and friends sitting in my car at the Sonic, we hung around there so much.
I am 58 years old when i was a kid i would get the cheese burger,i think it was a #2,it would have BBQ sauce on it.Very good.
I love Sonic and really wish they had them here in Munich, where I now live!
Stillwater Oklahoma had the first actual Sonic.
Really? That Matt Damon movie Stillwater is named after the town.
Home of the Oklahoma Sooners? LoL
@@runrafarunthebestintheworldStillwater is home to the cowboys? Not the Sooners?
Stillwater is home to a lot of classic like the first hideaway, and Eskimo’s joes
First time to eat at Sonic was in Safford Az in 1977 👍 loved it then and still do!
I've never been to a Sonic, but I just checked the website and there's a location about 3 miles from me, I'll have to try it out.
You'll prolly be disappointed...
@@nanchanger I agree, the hamburgers are not very good.
All of the Sonics around here have closed down.
I happened upon a Sonic in Dallas TX with an indoor dining room. I had thought many times that I like Sonic but I really don't like eating in my car.
It's 3:25 a.m., and this Sonic video has me craving a cheeseburger, onion rings and cherry limeade!
They've opened two locations near to where I've and both only lasted a couple of years. The only things i like from their menu are the cherry limeade and their shakes. I did like the novelty of carhops.
The sonic where I live the food is horrible. Every time me and my family order food it’s always cold and employees are rude.
They make the best Cherry limeades, I usually got that with a chuckwagon sandwich till they took them off the menu.
Love these stories im 59 I learn something every time 👍🏼
WoW!!, Love it. We Never Know the Beginnings & Sometimes Endings of a Business. So Happy to Always see You making & Sharing These Videos, for us. Conjuring up Many Memories that Warm The Heart as we Remember Fun Times & Memories Made at These Places with SONIC Being One of Them. Our SONIC'S In South Texas Are Old SONIC Locations that Now bare the Name of STAR'S. The Main Color being Green instead of The Iconic Red that SONIC Sported! Thanks Again for The Various Videos you Research & Give to us. ~Laurie Ann
My mom lived next to one in 1976 when pregnant with me in Arlington TX. She would waddle over and eat chili cheese coneys!
Cherry limeade would taste so good right now!
We used to have a Top Hot hamburger chain in Detroit, it was founded in 1955, that's probably where Sonic ran into copyright problems.
I remember the tray that hung on your car window!