John Gikas passed away on March 7, 2010. He had worked at the cafe from 1947-2001.

@creative2716

2 жыл бұрын

RIP John. You kept a tradition alive.

@davidcook5705

10 ай бұрын

His brother, Ted Gikas, also worked with John at the Coney Island for many years. He passed on Oct. 4, 2004.

Keep these places open forever.

I've lived in Pampa, Tx. for over 50 years and I've eaten at the Coney Island many times over the years. I hope they stay in business for many more years to come. 😊👍👍

I grew up in Pampa, TX. The "coney" was a real treat. It was kinda like a football game atmosphere. Lots of people, crowded, LOTS of noise, delicious food & family. Miss it...

I love these vids thank you Texas country reporter!

I used to eat there as a kid... Best "coneys" around!

Ate there many times growing up in the 70s and still do when I visit my father who is still living in Pampa

Thank you for helping to document our Texas Panhandle heritage.

@cristianjimenez1000

3 жыл бұрын

All these restaurants are dignified and tax paying law abiding places. Some but not all wealthy people hurt humans and society at large. These people are wealthy, in culture, family, and courage to defend their place in the USA and they gift soldiers to defend Liberty worldwide. Most soldiers are southern. Everyone in the world panhandles from the USA then youre saying.

Almost 20 years old this episode is! Good stuff! And still around! Google map it! Glad to see some things stand the test of time.

Got news for this TCR talker I'm a native born Texan for over 70 years now and as a teenager we called certain hot dogs Coney's in downtown Houston and other places. Maybe the name originally came out of NYC at some point but Coney has been known in many places for even longer periods of time. Mama told me when she visited the Northern parts of our country and that includes NYC in the early thirties they had never heard what a hamburger was and had never much less eaten one. News spread very slowly back then. She had been eating hamburgers since she was a little girl she told me around 1921 or so. Try that on for size.

A good hot dog place will always be popular.....it looks like this is a good one.

Have eaten there many a time... Used to live near Pampa

This is the backbone of America

this is the type of America most of us have a yearning for , a simple , happy , and secure feeling of life in general 🇺🇲

@cristianjimenez1000

3 жыл бұрын

M acho food.

😃 CONEY ISLAND CAFE 👍👍 , GETTING ME WANTING TOO TRAVEL 🤤 !!

Detroiter here...Coney Island is in NYC, but the Coney Island Hotdog (with chili, mustard and onion) was popularized in Detroit. The originator used the name of the place in NYC to make it seem exotic to Detroiters. They would scoff at a Coney Dog, in actual Coney Island NYC.

@albertdichiara8598

3 жыл бұрын

In Rhode Island, this kind of thing is called a New York System Weiner, which is not found in NY. They are never called dogs and no one would know what a Coney is. . The Vatican City of weiners is Olneyville New York System in Providence. The style was created by Greek immigrants and thet used the NY theme to make it more glamorous.

For some reason I'm suddenly craving a hotdog.

Ate here as a kid and a few times here and there. Nothing i would write home about but it’s a charming place. Spent more time at the pool hall next door and the alley way 😅

Sounds like a wonderful place to visit

Their chili burgers are to die for too.

I was born in Pampa and until now had never heard mention of the place!

Most folks don't know that the Coney is part of a bldg.that used to be the opera house..There are still bullet holes in the ceiling from the 1800s when people would get a little rowdy during a play or other entertainment..My kids grew up eating at the coney.My late husband was born and raised in Pampa.

I like how the ladies look with that hair they got that 90s look

2001 story....Probably safe to assume the old man is gone.

@SRlikethetoothpaste

3 жыл бұрын

Very sorry to hear that. He seemed like a lovely fella.

@notoriousene9880

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and with new owners they changed the chili recipe. Was a big deal lol now it has another new owner and the chili has supposedly been restored to its original recipe.

Reminds me of Skyline Chile in Cincinnati, Cheese Coney and chile spaghetti are tops. Also greek recipe.

This is before McDonald’s and Burger 🍔 king Coney’s is the Boss

Looks good thanks

as someone from cincinnati this is awesome to see, maybe ill get to try this place one day.

It's cafes like this that are the best eats!!

🏆🏆🏆🙏🙏🙏🤗🇨🇱 When these places cease to exist, I don't care to either.

I love Pampa! And Borger!

I'll take 2 dozen please...

Americans love a good hot dog, but Texans REALLY love them! 😋🇨🇱🤠

god bless america

Love your stories but i really do believe you need the Texas map at the beginning. This really allows all to see where on the map the story is located. Very important please.consider bringing it back. It a Big O STATE

@shabut

3 жыл бұрын

It's an older episode

Whoohoo!

Coneys. Would love to try but I live 10 miles from the Border in Edinburg. Would have to travel to almost way up in Panhandle about 600 miles away is my guess.

Greeks Always know what good foods about

In NJ/NJ they're called Texas Wieners, or Texas hots.

My dog was born in Pampa Texas

Os originais 🍔

I like generational shops. Wether it's a restaurant or a butcher shop. It tells me they must know what's going on!!

Todoroff's Original Coney Island in Jackson, Michigan, which dates its beginning to 1914 is the first! Then Detroit became the Coney capital.

@brianales5489

3 жыл бұрын

Jackson and Detroit coneys are different

Iam from BROOKLYN,NY.We call them HOTDOGS or FRANKS.

I worked in a restaurant like that were they chanting the ticket order , believe me it’s a very very stressful place to be and work. There is not better orden like read it on paper or screen.

👍👍👏👏🤠

Wonder if this place is still there?

@DustyReinsStories

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it is!

@Mike-vj1ut

3 жыл бұрын

Yes my father and a friend of his ate 2 days ago. I remember that place from the 70's

Actually its not a taste of New York. It's a taste of Detroit.

you want the best coneys in the world?? you come to Lafayette Coney in Detroit where the coney island dog was invented.

I want chili dogs.I am from New York

I'm shocked that you are still finding restaurants after all these years of starting the show...granted Texas is big.

How could anyone dislike this very heartwarming story......Vegans are everywhere, I suppose.

up north?! w-we call em hot dogs too

It's hard to find a good ole fashion Coney dog.............

I guess that counts as Tx also. Gettin purdy fat north for some of us. Great to see a good cafe passed down to people who care. Congratulations on a job well done.

No Idea what region Pampa is in....

@texaswader

3 жыл бұрын

Pampa is NE of Amarillo and there really isn't anything there to draw tourists but the Coney Island Cafe lol. It's hot there in the summer and it's cold there in the winter.

@virginiadewey6751

3 жыл бұрын

@@texaswader I have lived in Pampa 62 years. I eat at Coney Island at least twice a month. It's an institution. LOl Yes, hot in summer and cold in winter and right now super dry and windy. flat plains, grass, oil pumps and wind turbins. Small and friendly and I love it.

@texaswader

3 жыл бұрын

@@virginiadewey6751 Hi Virginia! I hope you get some rain and send some down to Utopia so we can get some water moving in the Sabinal River. I remember a place in Pampa that served Chinese food. The Lantern or something like that. I also have eaten at the Furr's Cafeteria there. Been a long time since I was up your way, back in my Halliburton days. Did you ever know Bill Franklin from Pampa? He is a friend of mine and lives down on the coast now. I hope to get back up there and get some more chili dogs and chili burgers some day. You take care!

Here in prison we call them ladies night

I only buy beef ball park franks bun length. they have to be GRILLED on a fire, not boiled. Then I top them with ice cold vidalia onions and ... sloppy joes..and cheddar cheese.

No one and I mean no one makes coneys like we do here in Detroit Michigan

You keep everything the same,don’t add a thing and the people will come.

Before gun free zone sticker, BLM and rainbow flags on Windows of the front of a business!

Here in New York we call them hotdogs. You are so FOS sometimes.

@regcreational6447

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard some NY people say they call em Coneys... not to mention somebody mentioned this video was made about 20 years ago... was made before youtube existed...

@Obaol7

3 жыл бұрын

In Michigan they are called Coneys in Detroit. Detroit is where Coneys became famous

@DalonCole

3 жыл бұрын

The list of people who don’t GAS about what folks from California think is very long

As much as you all would like Texas to be a Country, it is a State. Mabey Texas County Reporter would be a better name as the Google flies?

@rafaucett

3 жыл бұрын

@Wolfdar: You're misunderstanding the meaning of the word "country" as it's used here.

i am from the ny ct. border who the hell calls a hotdog a coney in this area they are call a dog or a hotdog

Please anything but hot dog, read the label folks, this is some of the worst crap ever, 40 years ago when we were ignorant to the facks of prepared foods , now we know better at least i do!!!!!

@jeffjackson9679

3 жыл бұрын

I bet you are the life of the party.

"wholesale dry cleaning" ????????????????????????????????????????

No one in their rite mind calls them Coneys its an insult to Nathans in Coney Island Brooklyn were real hotdogs are

Ah yes, the coney island in pampa. For when you like your chili to be as runny as water.