The origin of Detroit’s Coney Island hot dogs goes back more than 100 years, thanks to some Greek immigrants who ventured from Coney Island New York to Detroit and started selling them here. However, Coney Island hot dogs in Flint and Jackson have a different origin. In his book, “The Flint Coney, A Savory History,” Michigan Coney Dog historian Dave Liske explains the Coneys there were created by Macedonians, not Greeks, and that difference comes out in the presentation and flavor of the hot dog toppings. One Detroit’s Bill Kubota headed to Flint, Jackson and Lansing to share the unique history of Michigan’s coney dogs. Watch "One Detroit" Thursday on Detroit PBS at 7:30 p.m. ET. Catch the daily conversations on our website at https://OneDetroitPBS.org, Facebook at http://facebook.com/onedetroit, Twitter at https://twitter.com/OneDetroit_PBS and Instagram @One.Detroit.

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Found this over at one of our regular sites, Michigan Advance, but honestly, it reads like a (not-very) covert ad for author Dave Liske’s new book The Flint Coney. Flint Coney?!

That said I’m linking to the updated PBS video from which this comes from which plays less like one big book plug.

Moar Coney! BONUS:

Tell me you’re not craving a couple of dogs now. What’s that? You say you’re vegetarian? Vegan? Well then…

Fresh! Pure! Delicious!