Drive-in restaurant hopes to roll into town

Drive-in, roller-skating restaurant may be coming to Royal Oak.

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Sonic Drive-In, a fast-food restaurant that employs roller skating servers, may be replacing the vacated Wendy's at the southwest corner of 11 Mile and Washington.

The 62-year-old fast-food chain, based in Oklahoma City, Okla., recreates the drive-in diner feel of the 1950s. Servers greet customers at their vehicle, sometimes on roller skates.

"To us, (Detroit) is still the car capital of the world and this brings the nostalgia back, celebrates the automobile," said Bob Middleton, one of three principal owners of the proposed franchise. "Obviously, three or four months of the year (servers) won't be allowed to roller skate, but when the weather allows, (servers) will be roller skating."

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