Brooks' Barbecue, Oneonta, New York
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LeoGeo
N 42° 27.590 W 075° 01.161
18T E 498409 N 4700833
Cook with hatchet chasing chicken at Brooks' BBQ.
Waymark Code: WM6ZN0
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2009
Views: 11
Brooks' Barbecue is an established institution in and around Oneonta, N.Y., where it was founded in the 1950s. The current restaurant was built in 1965.
The neon sign is of the "moving" type -- there are two separate pictures, which alternately flash on and off, giving the illusion of a cook wearing a chef's toque and wielding a hatchet chasing a running chicken.
It's easy to find without a GPS -- head east from Oneonta and follow the cloud of barbecue-fragrant smoke!
The sign was apparently made by Rapp Signs, whose name appears in small print and can be seen in the photo.
By the way, the "visit requirements" below are written by the managers of the neon-sign category, not by me. It seems somewhat unreasonable to require both a daytime and nighttime photo just for a visit. As far as I'm concerned, you can upload any number of photos (or none) as long as you actually visit the site; I will not delete any visit logs for failure to have day-and-night photos.
Business Name: Brooks's Barbecue
Business Type: Restaurant/Diner
Physical Address:
5560 NY State Highway 7
(near exit 16 of Interstate 88)
Oneonta, NY USA
13820
Web Address: [Web Link]
Condition of Neon Sign: Fully Working Order: Best viewed at night in its full glory!
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Visit Instructions:
Please upload a day & night photo of the sign if possible and tell us about its current condition. Is the neon working? How is the paint wearing?