Detroit coney war erupts: Tensions hit rat fever.

by Charlie LeDuff

DETROIT -- American Coney Island strikes back. Grace Keros, the brassy proprietor of American Coney island, summons a press conference to read the media the riot act over misinformation. Neighboring Lafayette Coney Osland, which shares a wall with American, has been shut down for the second time in two years for rat infestation. American has no such problem, despite social media insinuations. How? Simple. Maintenance, mop buckets, exterminators and trash cans. Full dislosure: I am the handyman at American. Watch the entire press conference here including a guided tour Of the bowels of American Coney Island, home of America's first speakeasy.