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.
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.
2 editor picks for Detroit slider in Detroit, ranked by editorial score. All Detroit signature dishes · Detroit slider across every city.
Telway Hamburgers ★ 4.4
corktown · 6820 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210
Telway Hamburgers on Michigan Avenue has griddled sliders in Detroit since 1944. Cash only, 24 hours a day, walk-up windows on a chrome counter, the original location.
Green Dot Stables ★ 4.3
corktown · 2200 W Lafayette Blvd, Detroit, MI 48216
Green Dot Stables on West Lafayette in Corktown serves $3 sliders in Detroit. Forty-plus rotating slider builds, tempeh to lamb to catfish, all under a dollar each above three.