Oldest Coney Island, Red Hots of Highland Park, is closing

[Rocket]

I think they mean oldest in HP.

I did some digging years ago, and I'm pretty sure American is the oldest in Detroit, and Red Hot's is the oldest in Michigan.

Both founders seem to have gone into business the same year [[1921), Red Hot's in June as an actual coney island restaurant, and Gus [[later of American) began operating a shoe-shine cart. Later Gus started selling hot dogs, or perhaps coney dogs, out of the shoe shine cart, and then about 1929 he opened the actual restaurant, American Coney Island.

Shorty thereafter, the owner's brother or uncle came to the country and worked at American, and 3 years later, [[1932?) started Lafayette.

None of the dates are clear.

If you ask Grace, you'll get statements like "went into business in 1921", [[with no statement as to what sort of business),.. and "oldest coney in Detroit". Then the news writers will state in their articles that American is the oldest in Michigan, and that they've been there since 1921, which are 2 things Grace never said to them.

Anyway, in a few weeks it won't matter.

But for sure, it's time to get your Red Hots NOW. Just a week or so left.