Published September 21, 2010

Every day this week I’m asking our Twitter followers (@WBUR) to tell us where to eat in the cities and towns along #Route9.

@Hnicho1 was first out of the gate:

easy- coney island.4 hot dogs, straight up.

George’s Coney Island Lunch on Southbridge Street, to be precise. “Best hot dogs, maybe in the state,” he added.

I read the tweet back to Oakes; his eyes lit up and he drove us straight there. (Bob grew up in Worcester County. He’s got a million stories.)

I was excited to photograph the beloved neon sign, maybe get a dog. I even survived the terrifying Kelley Square rotary to get there. Upon arrival, however, there was one problem (see second photo).

On the Coney Island sign in Worcester, the mustard drips in neon. (Andrew Phelps/WBUR)

I picked the wrong day to visit Coney Island. (Andrew Phelps/WBUR)