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Brooksville, Florida: Elvis Ate Here

The King supposedly stopped in for a foot-long hot dog in 1961. There's a small Elvis shrine inside, and an Elvis painting in the ladies room.

Coney Island Drive-Inn

Address:
1112 E. Jefferson St., Brooksville, FL
Directions:
Coney Island Drive-Inn. Southeast of town, on the west side of US-98/E. Jefferson St., at its intersection with E. Early St.
Hours:
Tu-Sa 10-9, Su-M 11-6 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:
352-796-9141
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Elvis Ate Here

Fun decor and delicious corn dogs, bbq sandwiches, onions rings and milkshakes.

[Shelly, 02/10/2024]

Coney Island Drive-Inn.

Elvis Ate Here

Very interesting little dive. Great hot dogs, but much more on the menu! Fun stop.

[Sharon, 09/22/2020]
Coney Island Drive-Inn

A roadside hot dog place has quirky decor and boasts about the time Elvis Presley ate there. They have a huge selection of hot dogs and loose meat sandwiches. A movie was once filmed there. Check out the painting of Elvis in the ladies room!

[Amy Ravenscraft, 09/02/2020]

Elvis is claimed to have stopped in for a foot-long hot dog in 1961. There's a small Elvis shrine inside. The movie filmed here, in 1972, was "Deathdream" [aka "Dead of Night"] about a Vietnam vet zombie terrorizing the town.


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