The Coney dog is a Detroit hot dog topped with chili-style meat sauce, yellow mustard and chopped raw onion, served on a steamed bun. Greek immigrant invention.
Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.
Around 1917, Greek immigrant Gust Keros opened American Coney Island at 114 W Lafayette. His brother William opened Lafayette Coney Island next door in 1924. Both claim the same Coney dog recipe with different chili-style meat-sauce variations. The rivalry has run for over a century and the two storefronts still stand side by side. Detroit Coneys differ from New York hot dogs and Cincinnati chili: the dog is a natural-casing beef and pork from Dearborn-based Koegel or Kowalski, the bun is steamed, the meat sauce is finer than Cincinnati and beanless.
Tours, tastings and classes from the cities on this page, bookable on GetYourGuide.
Guided tour · 2 - 3 hours
Choose a 2-hour express or 3-hour full Boston food tour. Taste clam chowder, arancini, brick oven pizza, cannoli, and more while exploring the North...
Guided tour · 2 hours
Taste some of Chicago's most iconic foods while walking through one of the Prohibition Era’s most fashionable and notorious gangster-ridden...
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Experience the flavors of Charleston with the help of local guides. Delve into over 300 years of culinary history as you taste your way through the...
Common allergens: Gluten
Tip from the editors. Natural-casing dogs are the point; the snap separates a Coney from a hot dog. Yellow mustard only, no ketchup. Raw onion is non-negotiable.
Lafayette Coney Island on West Lafayette in downtown Detroit since 1924 serves chili dogs around the clock. At 118 W Lafayette Blvd. Booking recommended.
TryConey dog with chili, mustard and onion
TipCash preferred; the counter is the order line. After-bar crowd peaks 02:00-04:00.
American Coney Island on West Lafayette since 1917 has served Coney dogs round the clock in Detroit. Located in Downtown. At 114 W Lafayette Blvd.
TryConey dog with chili, mustard and onion
TipOpen 24/7 every day of the year. Coney with mustard and raw onion is the canonical order.
Not on this list, but close by, nearest first. Every one is in our guide with its address, hours and what to order.
More cities are in research. Want coney dog covered somewhere specific? Tell us where you want to eat.
