Sonic Drive-In Plans To Expand

Times Herald-Record:

Ken Schultz has been to Kingston’s Sonic Drive-In nine or 10 times since it opened in June.

“This place was so packed when it first opened,” Schultz said. “You used to wait in line a half hour, 40 minutes, just to get a parking space.”

The hysteria has died down a bit since Sonic made Kingston its first location in New York state. It figures to reignite as the chain with the ’50s drive-in vibe rolls across the mid-Hudson.

An opening in the Town of Wappinger in Dutchess County is weeks away. Franchisee Daser Restaurant Group presented plans last week for a parcel in front of the Walmart on Route 300 in New Windsor.

“We’re looking to do several more over the next several years,” said Doug Slater, a partner in Daser.

The franchisee, which has the rights to seven counties in the lower and mid-Hudson Valley, has been scouting sites in all the usual high-traffic locations, including the Town of Wallkill.

Photo: Chet Gordon / Times Herald-Record.

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