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.
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