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Imported from Detroit: A Coney Island Opens in Hollywood

Our beloved Coney dogs are getting the Hollywood treatment with a new restaurant on the Sunset Strip. Can California really do Coneys right?

A line began to form outside Coney Dog at noon Monday in West Hollywood, the local . It was the first official day of business for the Sunset Strip's new Detroit-themed restaurant.

"These are hot dogs straight from Detroit. The chili is also from Detroit," Nick Vlassopoulos said from behind the counter, pointing to a natural casing hot dog made from beef, topped with an all-meat beanless chili and diced onions. "After two or three of these, you'll still feel great — maybe one burp."

Read more about the restaurant, which includes – in perfect California fashion – a vegetarian Coney, . What do you think about that, Metro Detroit? We're not sure that would fly at Lafayette or American.

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