As far as Sonic goes, for me, the things that make the Sonic experience different than other fast food joints are:
1. the ordering – pull into a stall, take your time making up your mind what you’d like then let them know by pushing the little red button. And then get it delivered to your car, sometimes by a carhop on roller skates. you can use your debit/credit card to pay right there also, each stall has it’s own card reader.
2. the drink experience – Sonic ice is famous among its customers – it’s nugget ice that delivers ice cold drinks without watering them down too quickly. And that’s just for starters..there are thousands of drink combinations you can invent with the flavors they offer.
3. Cheeseburger with mustard (formerly known as the #2 cheeseburger) and tater tots. Corn dogs – chili cheese coney with some onions on top. Add bacon and/or jalapenos to anything on the menu. How about a grilled cheese sandwich? Add some bacon and tomato to it? No problem. Sonic is special order city.

Howzat for a commercial? hahaha

http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/2007/10/sonics-xl-bacon-cheddar-cheesesteak.html

My bad. My Sonic experience has also been limited by the lack of an outlet in the East Bay and I selected the menu items in the post based on Sonic commercials.

And btw…Sonic does not have cheesesteaks…u may mean the Extra Long Chili Cheese Coney…my mouth is watering….

Having grown up in SoCal, I miss Sonic!!

Cant wait til they open!

Isn’t Val’s near the intersection of B Kelley and Center St.?

How could you pass that up?

No way will folks come from more than three or four miles, excluding of course those stuck on Mission enroute to or from Niles and Fremont in tight traffic conditions….

Any way wish ‘em luck!

I wish we had more fast food in my area (between downtown & Kelly hill). we used to have a Taco Bell on B St. but it closed. now the closest food places are in downtown. Burger King should come back. and a Little Ceasers would be great at or around Cinema Place.

Thank God it will be located on Mission in Fairway Park, the sign work was outrageous, litter was out of control and the doggies did not match our local Kasper’s operation nor that of Casper’s.

The Burgers were acceptable but did not come close to matching California’s rapidly growing chain of ‘In and Out’ Burger operation where you have a choice of single patty or double patty burgers which are perpared as you order…. not packaged in carboard and left ubder a heat lamp as a means of ‘getting ahead’ of demand.

But good luck any way… Fairway Park needs a litlle glitz. When last I counted Hessperian Blvd had about 48 restaurants and fast food joints between San Lorenzo’s Via Hacinda and Rte 92 just south of Chabot College. The count did not count the food plaza or other food operations in Southland Mall, nor did it include anything on Hesperian South of Rte 92. Note that Costco will open on NOVEMBER 24th and they too will have a fast food operation..

Does Mom cook at home anymore?

The remodled Mac Donald’s at Bokman sees some business but I have yet to see anything near full use of the parking arrangement.

Lord, please do not permit more fast food joints into Hayward !!!