The voicemail at Moe's Hot Dog House - the breakfast-lunch joint on the triangular intersection where Grays Ferry Avenue converges with 26th Street and Washington Avenue - confirms the wurst:
It's closed after nine years.
In a text message, owners simply told me that they had retired.
Last year, Midtown Lunch ably described the Moe's experience, praising its "simple, old school menu and low prices."
What with last month's shutdown of Hot Diggity on South Street, these frankly are not good times for hot dog emporiums.