{"id":19889,"date":"2016-04-07T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=19889"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T20:58:16","slug":"review-sonic-ultimate-chicken-club-sandwich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/04\/07\/review-sonic-ultimate-chicken-club-sandwich\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Sonic Ultimate Chicken Club Sandwich"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

In olden times, Sonic was the bee\u2019s knees. <\/p>\n

Their cherry limeades were refreshing, you could assault your tater tots with a respectable kind of chili and a delightfully processed cheese-product, and their burgers were served both hot and fresh. (Oh, and the foot long chili-cheese coneys. Man, those things were boss.) The carhops skated their way to your door with a smile, the milkshakes were of out-of-sight, and former teen idol Frankie Avalon was all over their advertising spots<\/a> imploring you to drive in and stuff your face with nostalgic abandon. <\/p>\n

Then everything fell apart.<\/p>\n

Frankie left to go do, I don\u2019t know, Frankie Avalon things. The smiling carhops were replaced with an unwholesome blend of surly teens and recent parolees. The food quality \u2014once an oasis of flavor in a sea of grey-meat, limp-French fried fast food inequity \u2014 fell off. And then, you know, those two dudes showed up blabbering inanely in their car.<\/p>\n

But look, get ready because Sonic is changing the game, you guys. Enter The ULTIMATE CHICKEN CLUB. (All caps mine, and added for emphasis.) I mean, it\u2019s got \u201cultimate\u201d RIGHT there in the name, so you know it\u2019s legit. In fact, why aren\u2019t you eating one right now?<\/p>\n

Well, I\u2019ll tell you why you aren\u2019t: because it\u2019s a swing and a miss.<\/p>\n

Now, it\u2019s not a \u201cswing and totally miss, spin in a cartoon circle and fall on your butt\u201d kind of thing. Maybe it\u2019s akin to a foul tip or perhaps a valiant effort on a devastating curveball.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re familiar with the concept of a \u201cclub\u201d sandwich, you know what\u2019s going on here \u2014 it mostly means someone added bacon and tomatoes. Sometimes there are toothpicks and diagonal cutting involved, but generally not on fast-food chicken sandwiches.<\/p>\n

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

Anyway, in this case, it was cold black bacon and mealy garbage tomatoes. They rounded out this trip to Terror Town with some inoffensive, but useless, shredded lettuce, a thin, runny mayo (they claim is was black peppercorn mayo, but they\u2019ve given me no reason to take them at their word), a sweaty slice of flavorless cheddar cheese, and a tempura-ish battered chicken breast filet that was as thick as a new package of loose-leaf notebook paper and just as delicious.<\/p>\n

This sandwich was, in 13 words, a loose conglomeration of mediocre ingredients melded together in an orgy of disappointment. It tasted like a flavorless collection of toppings atop a bland chicken-block. Your uncle Gary does better at his Memorial Day cookouts, to be sure. <\/p>\n

Really, the best thing this sandwich had going for it was the soft, fresh brioche bun, because it\u2019s like that old adage goes, \u201ceverything\u2019s better on brioche.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sonic<\/p>\n

There wasn\u2019t anything new or interesting here, but honestly, that\u2019s fine and it wasn\u2019t the problem. Not every limited time fast food offering needs to reinvent the wheel. Let\u2019s leave the stuffing and cramming and nachofication of America to those zany R&D people at Taco Bell. But in the meantime, you can win a lot of points with a solid chicken club sandwich. If you\u2019re gonna do it, though, do it well. And if the execution leaves so much to be desired, maybe think about canning the \u201cUltimate\u201d tag.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1000 calories, 580 calories from fat, 64 grams of fat, 15 grams of saturated fat, 0.5 gram of trans fat, 100 milligrams of cholesterol, 2070 milligrams of sodium, 65 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of fiber, 12 grams of sugar, 39 grams of protein..)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $4.79 (sandwich only)
\nSize:<\/b> N\/A
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Sonic
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Respectable brioche. Frankie Avalon. Nostalgia. It\u2019s fairly sizable.
\nCons:<\/b> As tasty as notebook paper. Burnt bacon. Sweat-cheese. 1,000 calories! The two annoying dudes blabbering in the car may have killed Frankie Avalon, we don\u2019t know that they didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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The carhops skated their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1547],"class_list":["post-19889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-sonic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46035,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/25\/sonic-chili-cheese-coney-flavored-slim-jim-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":19889,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Sonic Chili Cheese Coney-Flavored Slim Jim","author":"Brandon","date":"February 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"What is the Sonic Chili Cheese Coney-Flavored Slim Jim? 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