Sonic

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The nation’s largest drive-in chain — 3,000 locations, and counting — has finally landed in Minnesota, with plenty of hallowed drive-in rituals in tow. Customers order through a curb-side speaker, and a super-friendly carhop delivers the goods, a familiar mix of Americana fast-food. There are a few updates, too. Customers can swipe their plastic at their curbside kiosk, and the chain operates its own satellite radio station, complete with DJs shouting out greetings to Sonicizers from coast to coast. The enormous menu covers all the predictable fast-food bases: big burgers on toasted buns, chicken sandwiches, a few wraps (including one filled with chili, cheese and Fritos), various deep-fried delicacies (French fries, onions rings, tater tots, mozzarella sticks and corn dogs), several kid-sized meals, a few breakfast-all-day sandwiches and burritos and a long list of soft-serve shakes and sundaes served in the requisite dizzying variety of flavors.