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Detroit Coney Dog
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Detroit's coney dogs aren't a New York dish — Greek and Macedonian immigrants borrowed the name of Brooklyn's Coney Island, famous for hot dogs, and built their own chili-topped style under it.
A natural-casing hot dog is topped with a loose, cumin-spiced beef chili, yellow mustard, and chopped raw onion, all served in a soft steamed bun. Round-the-clock coney island diners across metro Detroit serve them by the pair.
Why it's made this way: Detroit's early-1900s Greek and Macedonian immigrant diner owners built the coney island genre here, and rival diners American and Lafayette Coney Island still compete from next-door buildings downtown.
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