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Peabody readies for Sonic boom
By Robin Kaminski / The Daily Item
PEABODY - You've probably seen the commercials advertising tasty hamburgers and mouth watering milkshakes at Sonic and wished there was one close by.
Well, you're in luck.
At Thursday's City Council meeting, Lynnfield company JAM, LLC proposed opening the drive-in hamburger chain at 55 Newbury St., with hours of 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Until now, the closest Sonic has been in New Jersey - much too far for a late night hamburger run.
"This will be the first Sonic in New England and it will be in Peabody," said attorney Donald Conn, who is representing JAM. "It's kind of a retro-style restaurant with service at the parking spaces and a window."
Conn said while there will not be any interior seating in the restaurant, there will be a patio with room for 50 during the warmer months and 41 parking spaces.
The parcel of land the nationwide franchise will be built upon is currently vacant, overgrown with weeds, and at one point was slated to house an Exxon Mobil gas station.
The City Council successfully petitioned the gas station from opening in court and the land has been for sale by Exxon since then.
"I'm quite excited about this," Ward 5 City Councilor David Gamache said. "It will be fixing one of the blighted sites on Route 1 where there is vegetation growing and has been for sale for several years."
Councilor At-large James Liacos also expressed enthusiasm over the hamburger chain's arrival in replace of Exxon's attempts to "ram a gas station down our throats."
"I want to wish you well," he said. "I always knew we could do better than used car lots and gas stations on Route 1. I'm so happy to see this."
Councilors voted unanimously in favor of allowing the restaurant, which will be situated in between Homewood Suites and Springhill Suites by Marriott.
It is slated to open in August.
Quote:
Peabody readies for Sonic boom
By Robin Kaminski / The Daily Item
PEABODY - You've probably seen the commercials advertising tasty hamburgers and mouth watering milkshakes at Sonic and wished there was one close by.
Well, you're in luck.
At Thursday's City Council meeting, Lynnfield company JAM, LLC proposed opening the drive-in hamburger chain at 55 Newbury St., with hours of 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.
Until now, the closest Sonic has been in New Jersey - much too far for a late night hamburger run.
"This will be the first Sonic in New England and it will be in Peabody," said attorney Donald Conn, who is representing JAM. "It's kind of a retro-style restaurant with service at the parking spaces and a window."
Conn said while there will not be any interior seating in the restaurant, there will be a patio with room for 50 during the warmer months and 41 parking spaces.
The parcel of land the nationwide franchise will be built upon is currently vacant, overgrown with weeds, and at one point was slated to house an Exxon Mobil gas station.
The City Council successfully petitioned the gas station from opening in court and the land has been for sale by Exxon since then.
"I'm quite excited about this," Ward 5 City Councilor David Gamache said. "It will be fixing one of the blighted sites on Route 1 where there is vegetation growing and has been for sale for several years."
Councilor At-large James Liacos also expressed enthusiasm over the hamburger chain's arrival in replace of Exxon's attempts to "ram a gas station down our throats."
"I want to wish you well," he said. "I always knew we could do better than used car lots and gas stations on Route 1. I'm so happy to see this."
Councilors voted unanimously in favor of allowing the restaurant, which will be situated in between Homewood Suites and Springhill Suites by Marriott.
It is slated to open in August.
