Sonic's planning to open in Latham this summer
Sonic is typically a drive-in, eat-outside type of fast food place. But as it's moved into areas of the country with colder winters, Sonic has added locations with indoor seating.
Long in circulation, now official: Sonic will be opening its first Capital Region location at 701 Troy Schenectady Rd in Latham (AKA where Route 7 intersects with Wade Road).
The fast food chain says it's planning a June opening for the location. From a press release: "In advance of the June grand opening, the site will undergo a $2 million remodel to transform it into a state-of-the-art SONIC Drive-In complete with traditional drive-in stalls, a drive-thru window and indoor dining. The location will employ close to 50 local Albany residents in a variety of jobs, including the iconic skating Carhops."
Sonic says it's planning at least 8 locations around the Capital Region over the next seven years in "Albany, Latham, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga Springs, Clifton Park, Amsterdam and the surrounding areas."
The chain has been looking at the Albany area since at least a year ago. It's been moving into upstate New York over the last few years. It now has locations in Watertown, Rochester, Binghamton, and the Middletown/Newburgh area, with Syracuse and Buffalo in the pipeline. Last year the company said it had plans for 27 locations around upstate. Nationwide there are more 3,500 Sonics.
Sonic is fast food -- burgers, fries, hot dogs. It's one of those things that people have often mentioned they've wanted to open here. Now they can mark it off their lists. (And watch as a We Want Chick-fil-A sleeper cell activates amid the limeade-induced chaos in order to recruit new members.)
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Cherry Limeade FTW!!!!
... said Fox on Mar 6, 2015 at 8:56 AM | link
Putting the debate of chains/fast food vs. local/healthy food aside for a moment, it's great to see the region starting to attract more and more interest on a national level, as well as the resultant investment + growth that follows.
Now the real question - will the Sonic be finished with construction before the Panda Express? My god that is taking forever...
... said Sean on Mar 6, 2015 at 12:15 PM | link
Are you serious? Bogus food in another strip mall to poison the already horrid landscape of suburbia! This is what you consider "growth"? Eight dollar am hour jobs shoveling crap into peoples already protuberant bodies. Come on people this so called growth is NOT what this area needs more of! Panda Garden? Wtf!!! Beam me up Scotty,
... said BS on Mar 6, 2015 at 6:20 PM | link