A New, Familiar Old Story
We read in the Livingston County Daily Argus and Press a story that sounds vaguely familiar somehow.
It is about a family that emmigrates from Greece to Michigan and opens a small clutch of restaurants.
Since arriving from Kalamata, Greece in 1969, Stamatopoulos family has opened several restaurants. They now have Coney Island resataurants in Pinckney, Dexter and Jackson and pancake houses in Saline and Tecumseh.
The reporter, Christopher Behnan, interviewed Bob Stamatopoulos over Coneys at the family's newest venture, the Pinckney Diner. The restaurant, which Behnan says is the town's new hot spot, created an estimated 35 jobs.
I grew up in Ionia, Michigan and we had the best coneys, hands down. It was the Ionia Coney Island, run by the Tamalco's. It went out of business two decades ago in the early 1980's. I've never found anywhere close for sauce, though I've heard arguments for Angelo's in Flint. My dad says Tamalco used beef heart and I've found some greek coney recipes to try that call for beef heart. Anyone else remember the Ionia Coney Island?
Posted by: Peter Meade | November 02, 2008 at 07:08 AM