Ivy and Coney

Ivy and Coney, a Shaw hot dog counter, turns into the Chai-vy and Cohen-y bar each December, a Hanukkah-themed takeover. Blue and silver decor and dreidel motifs replace the room's usual look for the run. Order a round of the bar's holiday cocktails alongside a coney dog off the regular menu, since the kitchen keeps serving through the takeover rather than pausing for the season.

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A Shaw dive bar split between Chicago and Detroit loyalties, serving an authentic Chicago dog with neon-green relish and a poppy-seed bun, hold the ketchup. Italian beef sandwiches and Detroit-style pan pizza fill out the menu. Cash-friendly and unpretentious, it functions as a neighborhood hangout as much as a hot-dog counter.

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Ivy and Coney is a second-story dive in Shaw that combines a Detroit bar and a Chicago bar, pouring Old Style Lager and Malort while the Cubs, Lions, Pistons or Blackhawks play, and the bartender will put on other games when asked nicely. Order an authentic Chicago dog with neon green relish on a poppy seed bun, an Italian beef sandwich or a Detroit-style pan pizza, and leave the ketchup alone.

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