[hsoeder]

Visiting MI in the near future and can't wait to eat at Loui's Pizza (in Hazel Park). Yum!

[flexiblesink131]

Originally Posted by MacScuba

Villages newbies here. My wife still enjoys cooking, so tasty dinners at home are not an issue. But some things you just can’t make at home, like a Buddy’s deep dish pizza or a genuine De-troit Coney dog. Anything around similar to those? Would drive to Orlando if need be...

Anything here in TV is sub par.

[MacScuba]

Originally Posted by JLH1962

Be patient, lol. Wife and I are planning on moving there in about a year and a half. I owned and operated 2 Detroit Style pizza places in Tampa. Still make it weekly, and yes I make it at home, on the grill. I'll show you how. Maybe we'll start a club...

The deep dish pizza club? I'm in!

[Kahuna32162]

For me, it's Tony Packo's (I know it's from Toledo, but worth the drive)

[Two Bills]

If folks miss their previous towns/cities junk food so much, why move in the first place?
There is plenty of poor food available in TV as well!

[Nancy@Pinellas]

The hot dog salesman at Home Depot serves up Detroit Coney Dogs on Saturday. They’re not bad... not Leo’s or Kerbys, but fine. We haven’t found anything to compare to our Rochester Hills Buddy’s pizza.

[Aloha]

Originally Posted by Mrsmac4

You had my mouth watering and I was ready to hop in to the car when I saw there were Slim Jim's (Elias Bros. Big Boy)in Palm Harbor at Detroit Coney Island. I checked the website of the place and there are no Slim Jim's on the menu. Did I miss something?

Yes, they do have the Big Boy there with both the Frisch sauce and the original Big Boy Sauce. It is not on the website menu but is on the menu at the restaurant. You can phone them to verify all the other items that are offered. It is almost as good as going back to the old days in Detroit. It's worth the trip if you really have the Michigander Craze!

[thelegges]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

If folks miss their previous towns/cities junk food so much, why move in the first place?
There is plenty of poor food available in TV as well!

Let’s see, snow, outdoors only 6 months a year, I own houses in TV and Michigan. Good coney only need to be explained to those who don’t get it

[delima2000]

Originally Posted by Mrsmac4

You had my mouth watering and I was ready to hop in to the car when I saw there were Slim Jim's (Elias Bros. Big Boy)in Palm Harbor at Detroit Coney Island. I checked the website of the place and there are no Slim Jim's on the menu. Did I miss something?

Oh you didn’t miss anything. It is on a special menu that they give to you. We were there two weeks ago and my husband got one. It is a little bigger than the ones at big boy but my husband said it tastes the same. My brother got the big boy and it was the same except he had asked for a roll without seeds since he can’t have seeded buns. Give them a call. They didn’t have the bumpy cake at the time we were there. I think that menu on line is from when they were in Clearwater beach and the place was small. This is what a bumpy cake is just in case you’re not from .Michigan. Also a picture of the slim jim

[JerryLBell]

Originally Posted by Jdavie1955

Koegels on the road will be at the Marriott on Paige this Sunday from noon til 2.

Not sure where you got this information. According to the Koegels On The Road web page, this Sunday (3/8/2020), they will be here instead:

Towneplace Suites - Meeting Room
1141 Alonzo Ave
The Villages FL 32162
12:00 noon to 3:00 pm

[Kahuna32162]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

If folks miss their previous towns/cities junk food so much, why move in the first place?
There is plenty of poor food available in TV as well!

One word....SNOW!

[THUNDERCHIEF]

We went last year and detroit coney was closed- from east side osborn hs

[delima2000]

Originally Posted by THUNDERCHIEF

We went last year and detroit coney was closed- from east side osborn hs

The Detroit Coney Island moved from Clearwater to palm harbor sometime last year.

[Mrsmac4]

Thanks!

[Bambi]

I buy frozen concentrated coney sauce in small tubes at Kroger’s while in Michigan, wrap them in newspaper and plastic bags. No problem traveling with them in checked suitcases. I believe they are made by Lafayette or National. Each tube makes enough for a bunch of dogs. I am from Bloomfield Hills and Dryden Mi. I ask Michigan visitors to bring some when they visit.
Had a small hobby farm and also a party tent. Every year when the sweet corn would come in, we would invite 70 to 80 people. We cooked the corn in large stainless steal milk cans over a fire and had a crockpot of butter for dipping. I would buy a couple “blocks” of coney sauce from Gordon’s restaurant supply and the hotdogs from the Koegle factory near Flint. A couple kegs of beer completed the menu. Corn picked that morning, coney dogs and beer (coke for kids and non drinkers)
Detroit coney dogs are not chili dogs.