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Nothing like Nick's Coney Island

Welcome back to another Spot-
light Series with Sarah!
The series where the writer gets
to know the city more personally,
while the readers get to know the
writer better in the process.
In March 2023 I finally decided to
get my own gym membership, in-
stead of only going to the gym with
my boyfriend or friends as their her up so we could ride together and
guest. sit together during the sermon.
I picked a gym close enough to Almost a year later, we’ve been
my house that I’d have no excuse to going to church together almost
skip a workout. The employee work- every Sunday since. Nick's Coney Island is located at 35425 W Michigan Ave.
ing behind the front desk the day I After attending church together It didn’t take long before our food and you would have been impressed
went in was Jazmyne Hawk. She was on Sunday, April 27th, Hawk and I was being brought out to our table with how large this pickle was.
very friendly and helped me sign up. stopped by Nick's Coney Island for and it all looked great. My pita was Hawk rated her chicken strips a
My original plan for the gym was lunch. loaded with many pieces of bacon. 10/10. “You can never find a good
to mind my business, work out, and As you probably know by now The bacon was perfectly crispy, the chicken strip anymore. These are
leave without speaking to anyone. based on my previous columns, I’m tomatoes and lettuce tasted fresh, the flat ones, that’s important,” said
But the more I went to the gym, the a big fan of food. And a fun fact: I’m and the mayo was light and smooth. Hawk. Hawk also pointed out that
more Hawk’s extroverted demeanor a big fan of Coney Islands restau- (I did ask for extra mayo because I the ranch was homemade. “You can
slowly started to chip away at my rants. There’s nothing like the com- love mayo). I didn’t realize the pita always tell the difference,” said
more-introverted-self with each fortability and familiarity of a Coney comes with a giant pickle on the side, Hawk.
check-in. Island. and if you remember from my last Both of our chili cheese fries were
As the months progressed, Hawk Hawk and I walked into Nick’s column, I can’t stand pickles. So had smothered in chili, in a good way.
and I began to talk more. I’d hangout Coney Island and it was the same fa- I known, I would have asked for no Hawk rated her fries a 8/10 saying
at the front desk a little longer in con- miliarity you’d expect from any pickle. But if you like/love pickles,
versation before my workout. Our Coney Island. We picked a table and this would have been perfect for you See Spotlight, page 14
talks got deeper, and then one day I were quickly greeted by our server,
realized that Hawk had become my Chelsea.
friend when I really wasn’t looking to We ordered drinks, myself an
make any new friends. iced tea with lemon and Hawk a Diet
Sometime around summer of Pepsi, and then we looked over the
2024, Hawk and I were standing at menu to decide what we wanted to
the front desk of the gym together eat. For all the iced tea fans, I will
talking about our faith and religion. mention that my iced tea was
We realized we shared the same faith unsweetened, so I added some sugar
and she had mentioned she was that was provided on the table.
looking for a new church to attend. When Chelsea stopped by our
Oddly enough, I had just started table again, I ordered the BLT pita
attending a new church with my fam- with a side of chili cheese fries.
ily in February 2024 that I really Hawk ordered the five-piece chicken
liked and I invited Hawk to join me strips with honey mustard and
for a Sunday service. She accepted ranch, and like me, a side of chili
my invitation and I offered to pick cheese fries.

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