InsideMedford.com reports Sonic is seeking city approval to tear down the old Kiss 108 building on Rte. 16 to replace it with one of its burger joints.
Like anything in Medford, its going to be teeth pulling to get it built. I worked for Janco, who was the franchiser for Krispy Kreme. They hoops they had to do to get a building permit. I think the *only* reason why the city approved the building permit was because Bickfords could not give away the property if they wanted too.
Local folkore says a waitress was stalked there by a guy and was murdered (either in the building itself or in at her home, I can't remember). No one wanted it. So Janco purchased it, leveled the building and built a Krispy Kreme (which then they closed and sold it to Kelly's Roast Beef)
From what I hear, Sonic is having a hard time getting the city to approve the permits because they worry about traffic. There's already two Sonics in MA (Saugus and Wilmington), the novelty has worn off. The City should get a grip. There's already traffic there. Sonic won't add much since much of the traffic will be put onto side streets around Wellington Station.
A few folks like you and I might bike there for fun (and to watch the carhops' reaction as we pull up to the window), but most people are going to drive cars to a drive-in.
That's already a festering traffic sewer, made much worse by very poorly marked and variably existing traffic lanes. A few more cars, or, more likely, cars that were going by anyway pulling off and on won't make much difference.
I can't vouch for Sonic (my brother swears by them, though), but between them and the Five Guys (which I CAN vouch for as being utterly delicious) coming soon to that shopping area on the other side of Wellington Station they could have themselves quite the little burger battle up there.
There used to be a great greasy-spoon burger joint at that very site - Big S, maybe? anyone? - until the mid-'80s.
Mostly I remember superb onion rings and fat-dripping sliders - well, to the extent I remember rolling in there at all, I guess; the memories may've been, uh, gratuitously clouded.
A broadcast engineer who contributes to the Boston Radio Interest Group website reports that the grounding system for two radio stations totalling ten-thousand watts of power during the day (WKOX-AM 1430 and WILD-AM 1090) runs right below the site where this Sonic is to be built. The staff may wear hairnets not because of health regulations but to avoid the Don King look.
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Like anything in Medford, its going to be teeth pulling to get it built. I worked for Janco, who was the franchiser for Krispy Kreme. They hoops they had to do to get a building permit. I think the *only* reason why the city approved the building permit was because Bickfords could not give away the property if they wanted too.
Local folkore says a waitress was stalked there by a guy and was murdered (either in the building itself or in at her home, I can't remember). No one wanted it. So Janco purchased it, leveled the building and built a Krispy Kreme (which then they closed and sold it to Kelly's Roast Beef)
From what I hear, Sonic is having a hard time getting the city to approve the permits because they worry about traffic. There's already two Sonics in MA (Saugus and Wilmington), the novelty has worn off. The City should get a grip. There's already traffic there. Sonic won't add much since much of the traffic will be put onto side streets around Wellington Station.
Worried about Traffic?
Then maybe they should properly stripe and mark the lanes in that area of Rt. 16 for starters.
Sheesh.
Or, better yet, stop driving everywhere because traffic is already there on that road and one less car would certainly help.
But ... Sonic is a drive-in
A few folks like you and I might bike there for fun (and to watch the carhops' reaction as we pull up to the window), but most people are going to drive cars to a drive-in.
Yes, but
That's already a festering traffic sewer, made much worse by very poorly marked and variably existing traffic lanes. A few more cars, or, more likely, cars that were going by anyway pulling off and on won't make much difference.
Yup.
Still waiting for anything to happen with the one supposedly to be in Marlborough. Maybe it's already dead.
It's not Folklore
It really did happen, I used to live a few houses down from where the event occured:
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8582027.html
There might be better links to the news story, that was the first hit I found in google.
Medford = Burger Heaven?
I can't vouch for Sonic (my brother swears by them, though), but between them and the Five Guys (which I CAN vouch for as being utterly delicious) coming soon to that shopping area on the other side of Wellington Station they could have themselves quite the little burger battle up there.
Everything old, etc.
There used to be a great greasy-spoon burger joint at that very site - Big S, maybe? anyone? - until the mid-'80s.
Mostly I remember superb onion rings and fat-dripping sliders - well, to the extent I remember rolling in there at all, I guess; the memories may've been, uh, gratuitously clouded.
This Is Hair-Raising
A broadcast engineer who contributes to the Boston Radio Interest Group website reports that the grounding system for two radio stations totalling ten-thousand watts of power during the day (WKOX-AM 1430 and WILD-AM 1090) runs right below the site where this Sonic is to be built. The staff may wear hairnets not because of health regulations but to avoid the Don King look.