My dad used to stop at “Steve’s Hot Dog Inn” for a dozen Coney’s when I was a kid. We loved them.
I think it was down by West 42nd but I’m not sure. I do remember seeing the place and it was a hole in the wall, but the best Coney’s in the world!
I’m going to treat myself with that recipe! Thanks!
(in Detroit, a Coney Island place is just a family restaurant. Not like Steve’s!)
There was/is the Original Hot Dog Inn (AKA Old Fashioned Hot Dogs) at Randall and Lorain ( around W. 41) and Steve’s at 5004 Lorain. Both still open-Steve’s is 24/7 still. I go there every time I’m in town -last time (2 yrs ago)at 9 AM for 3 coneys w/ chili mustard and onions and a “pop” for breakfast.
That’s my parent’s old neighborhood-around W.58th. I grew up on W.140 near Lorain-it was a big treat for us as kids if Dad decided we’d get some Coney Islands from Steve’s (1 or 2 times a year usually summer) He’d write down all our order-and ask my grandparents-my Mom’s parents—who lived down the street for us-They were Hungarian-my grandpa was always up for 2-3 dogs-telling my dad in his imperfect English, when he asked what toppings he wanted to “shoot the work!”
I meant my grandparents lived down the street FROM us, of course-I’m blaming any typos in my post on you for bringing up these memories and making me so hungry ; )
BTW-Steve used to work at the Hot Dog Inn, which was open when my grandpa came to Cleveland in 1927. Steve started his own place 10 blocks west of the original around 1955. If you look at the credits from some seasons of the Drew Carey Show-Drew, a big fan of Steve’s, poses in front of Steve’s.
If you live in Motown-lot’s of good Coney places in Mich.-also Ft. Wayne IN has Coney Island (since 1914) I lived there a while and Coney Island is excellent-also Tony Packo’s in Toledo for their Hungarian Hot Dogs and terrific Hungarian stuffed cabbage— just about as good as my mom’s (don’t tell her)