The First Sonic “named” drive is gone… A new one is to be built there but it is a bit sad to see the passing of the first one (actually I think it had been updated before?)
“Founder Troy Smith Sr. started SONIC, America’s Drive-In as a hamburger and root beer stand in 1953 in Shawnee, Okla., called Top Hat Drive-In. Back then, SONIC revolutionized the ordering process by using curbside speakers that allowed customers to place food orders without ever leaving their cars. This technology spawned the slogan “Service at the Speed of Sound™,” which translated to one word: SONIC. Troy Smith Sr. aptly changed the name from Top Hat to SONIC Drive-In in 1959. The first drive-in to adopt the SONIC name is
“And Now the Rest of the Story – “And another one bits the dust….