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T & D Coney Grill

17 09 2009

1735 W. Grand River Avenue
Okemos, MI 48864
(517) 347-9066
No Known Website
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T & D Coney Grill on West Grand River Avenue in Okemos.

In my runnings around Delta Township this morning, I forgot a few things I needed to do, so it was back out tonight, but this time, I decided to go to Okemos. The store I needed to go to was out that way too and I wanted to check out another new place recommended by BernieB.

T & D Coney Grill is a new addition to the Okemos restaurant scene that sits in a strip mall at the corner of West Grand River Avenue and Dobie Road. It takes up the space that used to be Villegas. They do breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the small, family run diner, but it was dinner that I was looking for.

I pulled in just before 8:00 on a Thursday night. There were a few other people in the restaurant which is divided into two dining rooms. It’s just the layout of the space. There’s not really a reason the room is divide. Tying the two spaces together is a lunch counter that overlooks a window to the kitchen.

Since I was alone, I grabbed a seat at the lunch counter in front of the large LCD TV which was tuned to Wolf Blitzer. When I sat down, I was asked if I was dining in or if I wanted carry-out. I had no place to be, so I sat down to eat. Read the rest of this entry »

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Zeus’ Coney Island – Lansing

9 01 2009

6525 S. Pennsylvania Ave.
Lansing, MI 48911
(517) 272-7900
No Known Website
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Zeus' Coney Island on Pennsylvania Avenue in Lansing

On our first day in Lansing when we were apartment hunting, the first restaurant we saw after getting off of I-96 was Zeus’ Coney Island on Pennsylvania Avenue. At that time, I had no idea what a Coney Island restaurant was and wondered why a Greek restaurant had a name I associated with New York City.

For ten months now, J and I have been saying we need to go to Zeus’. The parking lot is always packed and a couple of her co-workers are regulars at the Greek diner. After what seems like several days of snow, we finally decided to give it a shot. You see, I have the four wheel drive, so when it snows, I usually end up taking J back to work after her dinner break. When it really snows, I take her at the start of her shift. Instead of making four trips back and forth, we just end up going out to dinner instead of coming home for dinner. When I dropped her off, I didn’t know the snow was going to taper off by 7:00, so I said I wanted to stay on this side of town. J suggested Zeus’ and I didn’t argue.

Zeus’ Coney Island sits on Pennsylvania between Cedar Street and the I-96 ramps. It’s one of two restaurants owned by the same people. The other is in Brighton. There’s no way you can head down Pennsylvania and not see it. The building looks like an old Wendy’s or some other type of fast food. There are two huge signs that stick to the simple color palette of the Greek flag. Read the rest of this entry »