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"There was a man from Kalamazoo, spent a night in a canoe, dreamt of Venus ,,,,,,  and went out for Coneys!" The last stop on the Michigan Coney Island Tour ended appropriately enough at a Coney Island!

The Kalamazoo Coney Island is right downtown  and the same location since 1915 and is still quite quaint.

 

The Iconic Kalamazoo Coney Island!

Apparently owned by the same family all this time it has an ardent and loyal local base. The joint is best described by one of those local, "My Dad started taking us to Kalamazoo's Coney Island Hot Dogs restaurant when we were all little kids.

He told me that in the old days the 'red hots' were 2 for 25 cents, and we would order 2 each and sit at the booths. Each booth had a mini jutebox but we raced to the big jutebox to play music! In the historic building, the atmosphere was vintage and the owner was making hot dogs faster than lightning, always quick and quick with a smile and his son worked there too--but the owner was the original speed demon of making a row of coney dogs faster than the speed of sound. The coney dogs are lined with a secret recipe mustard, then heaped with homemade 'coney beef topping' top secret recipe, then fresh sweet chopped onions. Even as a kid till now, you order 2, if not 3 (or more ) per person, worth every penny. This place has the best coney island hot dogs on earth, I dare anyone to try to beat them, and of course, no one comes close. My dad kept taking me there till he passed away. I gotta believe that Coney Dogs are heavenly food. I cannot wait to go there again soon. All of my relatives go eat them as well, some fly in from California and their first stop is to get 'Coney Island Hot Dogs', so if you come in from out of town, out of state, please stop there! You are served fast, and you will eat 2 and want 2 more, and don't be shy, it is worth every penny and every delicious taste is delectable!" With the hearty recommendations and a cool vibe the Boys ordered a couple of coneys and dug in!

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