Ryan's Coney Island Reviews:

This is the place I will write reviews for coney island hot dogs I've had at various places in Michigan.

What is a coney island hot dog?

A coney island hot dog is a hot dog with mustard, chili, and onions. It is a staple regional food of Michigan and Detroit. I've been eating them for nearly my whole life. In fact, I used to work at a coney island restaurant in college. So I am quite the authority on coney island hot dogs.

How do you rate the hot dogs?

There are really only two factors that go into rating a coney island hot dog. How good it is, and how cheap it is. These two factors are harmonious. A cheap, good coney is ideal. An expensive good coney is okay. An expensive, bad coney is sacrilege... You get the idea here.

The measure that I use for determaning what condones cheap or expensive is $3.00

Anything above $3.00 is expensive, anything at or below $3.00 is cheap. I understand that prices change so my reviews reflect approximately what I remember last time I was there.

I will rate each coney island soley based on ordering one single coney island hot dog. I am only judging on price and if it's good. 1 is the base score, 3 is the highest score. So a cheap coney that tastes good would get 3 points. A cheap coney that's bad would get a score of 2. An expensive coney that tastes bad would get a score of 1. Etc.

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Woodward Coney Island | Score: 2

Cheap and Bad

That isn't as bad as it sounds. It gets 1 point for being cheap. I don't know what about it made it bad, but it just didn't have much flavor.

I really only went there because Lafayette Coney Island was closed while they remodelled. It's in a great location and the staff was very kind.

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Leo's Coney Island | Score: 2

Expensive and good

These restaurants are all over metro Detroit. The coney dogs are good but they are expensive. They are somewhat unreliable as far as ingrediants but hey, purple onions are sometimes a fun surprise!

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Lafayette Coney Island | Score: 2

Expensive and good

Absolute classic! The atmosphere is the best part. These guys really know how to do the coney experiance. $4.00 for a coney island though... Wowie!

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Cosmos Coney Island | Score: 3

Cheap and good

This has to be a contender for the best coney island that I've been to. Very cheap and very good. This was my favorite lunch place when I worked neraby.