Coney Dog Restaurant on opening day on the Sunset Strip (Photo: Jon Viscott for Weho Daily)

DETROIT FREE PRESS – It was just before noon today, and a line of characters, many of them dressed in U-M, MSU, Red Wings and Lions and other Detroit-themed garb, were wrapped around the corner on Sunset Boulevard, waiting for a little Motor City flavor in the heart of movie-making country.

Related Posts:

1. Photos: Rainbow Appears over Weho and the Sunset Strip
2. Rest Your Head at a Weho Hotel During Sunset Strip Fest
3. Celebs and Weho Jesus Star in Sunset Strip Documentary
4. Fight on Sunset Strip in Street at Red Rock
5. Award-Winning Fun on the Sunset Strip for Oscar Weekend

The reason for the excitement was the opening day for the 100-seat Coney Dog, a new Detroit-themed restaurant that has set up shop on one of Hollywood’s most well-known drags, next to Whisky a Go Go rock club and just down the street from the Chateau Marmont, a longstanding celebrity haunt.

Detroit-styled coneys, loose burgers, Sanders, Stroh’s and Faygo are all on the menu, and before it even opened the restaurant became a social-media rallying point among former Michiganders now living in the Los Angeles area.

Continue reading at the Detroit Free Press