Lafayette and American Coney Islands both sell the chili-topped Coney dogs. Benlmoyer via WIkicommons In that era, Americans associated New York’s Coney Island with hot dog authenticity.

Lafayette Coney Island — which shut down this weekend, with a sign on its door saying that it was closed for remodeling — took to social media late Monday to refute inflammatory comments ...

Lafayette Coney Island — which shut down this weekend, with a sign on its door saying that it was closed for remodeling — took to social media late Monday to refute inflammatory comments ...

American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island — both started by and once owned by the Keros family — have had a lot to do with why there are now so many coney island shops in metro Detroit ...

Lafayette Coney Island — which shut down this weekend, with a sign on its door saying that it was closed for remodeling — took to social media late Monday to refute inflammatory comments ...

William Keros opened Lafayette Coney Island when space opened up next door. It was passed down a generation, and then, after years of family ownership, sold in 1991 to its employees.

img_0468.jpg. Arafat Aiyash, who has been working at Lafayette for about five years, says that customers love the feud and drama between American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island.

Lafayette Coney Island was founded in 1924 by Bill Keros, whose brother Gust Keros founded American Coney Island next door. The two restaurants are famed for their coney dogs, hot dogs with beef ...

Lafayette Coney Island is located at 118 W. Lafayette Blvd., Detroit; 313-964-8198. Stay connected with Detroit Metro Times. Subscribe to our newsletters, ...

Lafayette Coney Island — which shut down this weekend, with a sign on its door saying that it was closed for remodeling — ...