Koney King Restaurant

This place has good food. We have been making this our first stop each time we come home from Indy for like the last 4 times. Them chili chess fries, chili cheese polish, and chili cheese burgers are slammin!! Y'all better get y'all some. Okay just went again on Saturday which happened to be our visit back to Gary. This time the food was horrible!! Came in from Indy and this was our first stop as usual. We couldn't eat it. I usually get chili cheese polish but got a chili cheese burger instead as did my husband. The buns were very thick. Ewwwe. I took some of the top bun but Ronnie had to take the whole bun off and was left with just the meat. We also had a bowl of chili and even it wasn't good. We left most of the food there, paid, and left. This was a horrible experience!!! It's usually really good. I'm not sure what happened this time.

To me, Koney King is a place I randomly go when I drive by and decide to stop. My fam ate it in their youth and turned me on, so I definitely won't stop remembering the good taste of the chili burger. I stopped in today for the first time since Covid and it's nothing like a good ole chili burger with that lil bit of grease and a Coke. Good treat for a cheat day. They still have cool staff because the girl knew what I wanted and how to cook it though it wasn't on the menu. 😋

Burger was ok. With its flat grill i was actually really hoping to find a good greasy burger place but alas it wasn't. Cheap frozen patty that was ok but definitely not something I'll be going out of my way to come back for. Hot dog was definitely old as hell...which was odd seeing that I was there 1hr after they opened. And hamburger pickles on a hotdog!!?? Cmon man!! And the biggest sin of filling my cup overflowing with ice... man I loved those 4 sips of rootbeer in my large drink.

Always quick and friendly service. I remember going there as a kid 30 years ago and the koney dogs still have the same great taste from back then. I know some people won't go because it's in Gary, but it's right off Broadway and I've never seen anything to make this white boy feel unsafe. It's always a pleasant and tasty experience.