Here is an oral history of the early founders of the Coney Islands of Detroit | Eater Detroit
"Founded after brothers Pete and Leo Stassinopoulos learned the business from family, the operation began as Southfield Coney in 1972 and expanded into Leo’s Coney Island with a 1988 opening in Troy; the chain sources hot dogs from Koegel Meats and grew out of the same family-driven lineage that produced many of Detroit’s coney islands." - Serena Maria Daniels
