Coney Island, Like Hot Dog Champ at Goldman, Moves On (Update1)
By Laura Tillman and Alexis Leondis
Aug. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Michael Devito, a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. vice president, has a special attachment to Coney Island. He's a three-time winner of the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot-dog-eating contest and loves the all-beef franks.
``The big draw has to be the original Nathan's,'' said Devito, 45, whose last victory was in 1994, when he downed 20 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. ``If I'm anywhere near that area, I always shoot over.''
Coney Island, an hour by subway from Wall Street, has attracted bankers and butchers, kids and adults, locals and tourists for 110 years. Many are returning this summer for what may be their last visit before development transforms Brooklyn's historic seaside amusement district.
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