A Detroit slider is a small thin griddled beef patty with chopped onion and mustard on a soft white slider bun. Cheaper than coney dogs and eaten by the half-dozen.
Where to eat it: 2 restaurants across 1 city.
Telway Hamburgers on Michigan Avenue near the West Side has griddled sliders 24 hours a day since 1944. The Hunter House in Birmingham (1952) and the various Telway locations across metro Detroit run the chrome-counter slider canon. Sliders are the cheaper companion to the coney dog on the Detroit budget-food menu; the order is by the half-dozen. Green Dot Stables in Corktown updated the slider format for the 2010s with a $3 rotating menu of 40 builds.
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Common allergens: Gluten
Tip from the editors. Don't try to make these thick; the point is thin and fast. The smashing technique steams the onion into the patty.
Telway Hamburgers on Michigan Avenue griddles sliders 24 hours a day in Detroit since 1944. Cash only, walk-up windows, the chrome-counter slider canon.
TrySliders, fries
TipCash only; order at the window and eat in your car. Open round-the-clock daily.
Green Dot Stables on West Lafayette in Corktown serves $3 sliders in Detroit. At 2200 W Lafayette Blvd. Booking recommended. Reservations advised.
TrySliders, fries, cocktails
TipFour sliders, fries and a $3 cocktail comes to under $20. Cash and cards both fine.
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