When did it become a national chain? I ate a burger there about 3 months ago. It didn't taste any different from the way it has always tasted. The the assholes who own Sonic are screwing their waitstaff, the girls who skate up to your car. When you pay by credit card there is no place on the ticket to write a tip. I had to stiff the poor girl last time because I didn't have any cash on me.
They use to have a 'Burger Tyme' fast food in Lafayette in the late '80s / early '90s. That was the most delicious fast food burger by far. Yet, they folded up - no idea why. They seemed to be always busy.
Kind of going out your way to trivialize human life on a burger thread if you don't want to hear about it.