Well, we may have quite a few coney places around but I do love coney places. :-) I have not tried them out yet.

I guess it was too much to hope that Downriver might get a healthy food option.

While I am happy to see a vacant building be occupied, I wish it were something other than a Coney Island. After all, as you said, there are already 2 very close to this one. I would much rather see a good Italian restaurant or something different from is already so close to home!! But......again, I am thankful somebody is trying to make something in an already built building instead of putting up another strip mall!!!!

What are some other businesses you would have liked to see take the place of the old Burger King? -- NS

I wish I had an investor that wanted to go into business in the area. We have zero healthy options around town. I learned a lot about restaraunts while living in California. There were many places that sold fresh sandwiches and awesome salads. Everything was fresh and many of them were not chains like Panera bread. These places can supply options that are not as readily available. Places like Panera bread have it made because they are the only place around and the salad options or healthy options are just not great.

Well, it was a fast food place and I'm not sure what it would take to convert it to a "good Italian restaurant". However...BK was in Woodhaven anyway. Maybe we can get something good in one of Trenton's empty places. :-)
On a side note...are they seriously talking about putting a Costco at the old Kmart? It is WAY too congested at West and Allen right now. I hope not. There is plenty of space at Fort and King or Fort and Van Horn.

The KMart corner is not big enough for Costco. They are locating to Woodhaven but not at that site.

wow can`t we attract any real restuarants to our area, there must be 10 coney shops in riverview

i would love to see a bahama breeze come our way, and a qdoba or chipolte.

Just what we need --- another Coney Island!!! Wake up Downriver - put some health in your diet!

I wonder what ever happened with a Trader Joe's or Whole Foods for Trenton??? The mayor said she was contacting TJ's.

Gross. Another unhealthy unremarkable restaurant choice added to downriver. At least since it's a "coney" it'll run the typical "coney" business course and be gone in 5 years. I echo the sentiments of Rick and Kathye that some sort of deli-style sandwhich shop or alternative would bring much better variety to downriver.

Jeanne- that sounds yummy!

Yes, yuck to the coney place! More crappy food!

Before all you people who seem to be so quick to blast all Coney Islands, you might try the Wild Coney on Northline between Dix and I-75 which is the same group who would like to open up on West Road. I think you will find them to have a lot more to offer than just Coney Dogs and fries. Then, if you still think they are not worth it, then at least you can say you tried it.

A lot of coney places have wraps and salds. William is right. They don't just serve coneys. I love greek salads from some coney places.

@william before wild coney decides to open up this place maybe they need to fix what is disgustingly wrong at the location you are talking about. I have been there once and will never step foot in another location. the waitress was playing with her gum and filing her nails and the grossest part was when I got my food it had flies in it not fruit flies but like house flies. So I hope everyone enjoys their nasty food but I for one with stick with Parthenon up on fort and Pennsylvania.

Yet another business for Woodhaven, KEEP ON SLEEPING TRENTON. We had more businesses during the depression than we have now. One thing you can for sure get in Trenton, a HAIRCUT.

Trenton has an outdated mind-set on businesses. The few long entrenched businesses may be doing well and seem to enjoy the City's favor. But new businesses are held to strict regulations that make it difficult for some to get off the ground. A new friendly, supportive attitude might go a long way to encouraging new businesses. Does anyone from the City go out to speak to business owners to ask what the City might do to help and encourage growth? Do we have an ambassador of sorts to search for new opportunities? Yes, I would agree that Trenton is sleeping. They really missed the boat when they didn't want Home Depot to locate on Fort and Harrison! Now look at Woodhaven! But I have a gripe with Woodhaven. They have benefitted from all the taxes from businesses that H.D. brought along with them, but refuse to do anything about all the traffic and trains. You can't go anywhere without stopping for a 15-20 minute train and traffic backed up for a mile in every direction or even make a left hand turn in fewer than 3 or 4 lights. There was Federal money for a viaduct that Woodhaven turned down because they said it's just not Woodhaven residents who are affected. But where are people going to shop? Woodhaven.

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I would love to see a restaurant that offers healthy food along with healthy smoothies like smoothie king did. Along with a drive thru instead of going to a fast food place for lunch.

I'd like a different restaurant option as well, but before anyone tries to open up a sandwich shop or deli, I hope they would speak to the owners of the now closed Gallery Deli. They had terrific sandwiches and great service as far as I am concerned and still went out of business. Not sure what went wrong, but I'm guessing they weren't profitable, otherwise they'd still be there.