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Original Coney Island
444 N Saint Peter
St Paul
651-293-9999
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I went to the Original Coney Island Restaurant 'Since 1923' with my father often, starting about 1961. I think the last time we went there together was 1972...I took my 2 children there for a 'real coney' about 1986? I was reminiscing to my young daughter & son about the times my dad took me there & about the two brothers- sons of the original owners that ran it 'now' & that the mother still worked the grill. I was about 6 the 1st time I saw her come out through a door on the east side of the room, entering the restaurant in the same manner each time I remember seeing her..at this point I am about 30 yrs old. She would come through that door, maybe from a pantry, or prep kitchen maybe it was a stairway from an apartment above...she always appeared calm & meek. A little smile was always about to blossom on her kind face.I remember her wearing a flowery -what used to be called - a 'house dress' very neat-looking, starched & pressed, apron, hair neatly hair-netted, 'good sturdy shoes', hands folded studiously in front of her.... I was shocked to see her suddenly come through that same door again as I was pointing to a picture of her that was hanging on the wall. WOW.'Didn't look a day older than I last saw her...my kids say my face went white as a ghost..I had to ask her her age..I believe she said 92. The Coneys were exactly the same. Meaty, Salty, mild vinegary little onions, skin on dogs with that 1st bite 'pop' and the crumbly, not too liquidy chili & of course we had to have chips with it and a bottled pop out of the old top lid, slide out cooler-with a straw...the twirly stools at the counter or the high high-back booths, the old thumb-latch door handle that was just like the one's at Candyland and the waiting room doors at the Lowry Bldg where we'd go for our Doctor's and Dentist's. The big tall ceilings, the liquor bar hidden of to the side...I drive by the all the time & I see that it is still under renovation..when will it re-open???I have a granddaughter to take there now!!! - lori, 08/17/2005
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