Coney Island Drive Inn

1112 E Jefferson St., Brooksville, FL, 34601

Coney Island Drive Inn has been serving its World Famous Footlongs at 1112 E Jefferson St in Brooksville since 7 July 1960, making it Hernando County's oldest restaurant. Darrell and Gertrude Todd opened the stand in a converted boat-manufacturing building, and it has passed through four families since; the Lee family has run it since May 2014. The kitchen is built on steam-cooked footlong hot dogs and buns, Coney sauce and onion dogs, Chicago dogs, gator dogs and corn dogs, alongside burgers, World Famous Chicken Wings and old-fashioned milkshakes. The dining room doubles as an informal museum of Hernando County history, packed with vintage signs and photographs. The original Brooksville stand has since spawned sister locations in Crystal River, Wildwood, Bushnell, Largo and Eustis.