Hey, Sonic! We Found a Perfect Place for You to Build in Lansing

Someone recently overheard one of my semi-weekly "I wish we had a Sonic" mumblings and mentioned they'd never been.

"What's so great about Sonic?" they asked.

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Where do I start?

Michigan has more than a dozen Sonic locations, but none of them are in the central part of the state. They're generally clustered around Detroit and Grand Rapids, with a few stragglers.

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Drive-in to any one of them, and you'll enter a fast-food microcosm like none other. There's literally something for everyone on the Sonic menu, for whatever food mood you're in.

Want a double cheeseburger? Sonic's got you. Popcorn chicken? Yep. Generous portions of french fries and onion rings, foot-long coneys, tater tots, breakfast burritos - the list seems to have no end. No Sonic stop is complete without ordering something delicious from its dessert menu either (I'd recommend an Oreo Blast).

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Don't even get me started on the drink options. What other fast food place do you know of that can serve up a full 44 oz. of your favorite customized beverage? My favorite's a cherry limeade, but with an ever-growing number of flavor add-ins, you can create soft drinks, slushes, teas and coffees that are 100% you.

Even Sonic's ice is superior to everything else out there.

The Perfect Place to Put a SONIC in Lansing

How a city the size of Lansing doesn't have a Sonic already is one of life's great mysteries.

If the powers-that-be are looking for the ideal place to put one, I've got a suggestion.

Sonic restaurants don't typically have indoor seating, so the size of their buildings doesn't take up much of a business lot. Their parking lots do, however, since it's a drive-in (often accompanied by a drive-thru).

I respectfully submit that the old Boston Market location on South Cedar Street in Lansing be torn down and replaced with a Sonic. It's right by I-96, and the population is there to support it.

It's the perfect location. And I'd be willing to bet that once Sonic gets started in Mid-Michigan, it'll expand beyond its first location in the area pretty quickly.