American Coney Island (part of the downtown Coney rivalry)

American Coney Island at 114 W Lafayette Blvd is one of two adjacent, long-running restaurants in downtown Detroit famous for their Coney dogs. The pair’s comparison has generated extensive online debate, reviews, video tastings, and social-media memes about which restaurant makes the better Coney. The restaurant regularly appears in national food articles and viral local threads about Detroit cuisine.