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Sonic

February 16, 2009 11:11 PM

lagstaff had a Sonic Drive-In, and I remember going there exactly once and being largely underwhelmed by the food. So while everyone else in Madison was flipping their shit over how amazing the new Sonic was going to be, I was largely cool to the whole thing. I certainly was not going to wait in line in my car on University for an hour and a half for some thawed tater tots. But the combination of pH and Mr. Vice discussing Sonic during Chuck, my grumbling stomach, and it being late enough for the wait to be reasonable conspired to make tonight the night that chelsadilla and I would try out the latest Madison craze. As it turns out, Sonic was right about what I remembered: In a word, "meh."

i had a chili-cheese dog (a "coney," in the parlance of Sonic), some popcorn chicken, and tater tots. Chelsadilla had some fries with cheese. My dog was the best part. It was a pretty good chili-cheese affair, actually. The popcorn chicken was ok, but vastly inferior to KFC's version. And the tater tots were completely disappointing. As much as I love the idea of tater tots, I'm honestly hard-pressed to come up with a single example of having been satisfied with the actual execution. Sonic's attempt was pretty lame, even by these deflated standards. Chelsadilla didn't complain about her fries, but they didn't look all that appetizing.

Still, there are a lot of other options on the menu, and some of them looked pretty good. And then there are the shakes and floats and stuff. I think those will really hit the spot once the sun decides to shine it's love on Madison again.

Overall, though, if I drive past the Sonic and see that immediate eating is not an option, I'll keep driving and not feel like I'm missing too much.