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Lafayette Coney Island

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  1. Lafayette Coney Island

    Photograph: Courtesy Yelp/Carolen M

  2. Lafayette Coney Island

    Photograph: Courtesy Yelp/Beau R.

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Time Out says

Ask any native Detroiter what the local diet-buster of choice is, and you’ll get a resoundingly unanimous answer: a Coney dog. Named, of course, after the franks available on Brooklyn’s boardwalk, Coney dogs are such a thing in Detroit that elsewhere in the country they’re called Michigan-style dogs. An all-beef frank loaded with chili, raw onions and a squirt of mustard, Coney dogs are most notably slung downtown on West Lafayette Boulevard, where two neighboring—they’re literally next door to each other—rival institutions sell thousands of dogs daily. The call between Lafayette and neighbor American Coney Island is a tough one, but our loyalties lie with the former, whose chili is perfectly balanced and just a little spicy. Grab a pair and a side of fries and head to nearby Campus Martius Park to chow down alfresco.

Written by
Lauren Rothman

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Address:
118 W Lafayette Blvd
Detroit
48226
Cross street:
between Shelby and Griswold Sts
Opening hours:
Daily 8am-4am
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