Covington Coney

5920 Covington Road Fort Wayne, IN 46804
 (260) 459-3647

Far and away the best cheese coney in town. The owner is also pretty amazing, striking up a short conversation in the sixty seconds you spend waiting for food.

The store isn't really a store, more a drive-up shack with a parking lot. That said, there are also two picnic tables you can sit at, and on most days, the staff will come out to take your order/bring out the food if you just plop down and smile/wave. The menu is tiny: coney dogs, cheesy coneys, pulled pork, chili, and not much else.

As I've said with other places, if you can do a few things very well, you don't need to do many things. We've tried it all, and it definitely varies. While the cheese coney and the chili are outstanding, the regular coney and the pulled pork are so-so. Regardless of what you order to chew on, you will be sorely remiss you if you leave without trying the Fizzy Phosphates. They come in three flavors, and are old soda-fountain style sodas. Wonderful flavor, made right in front of you, and less sugary than normal soda, these are the perfect way to wash down whatever you eat.

 Price: 4/5 $1.79 for a cheese coney, so a few pennies more than normal
Taste: 9/10 In Evan and my opinions the cheese coney is 10/10 and other items detract
Selection: 2.5/5 if you like coney dogs, perfect, if you don't, try somewhere else.
Atmosphere: 3/5

Overall: 18.5/25 The overall score belies the hidden gem that is Covington Coney.