OWNER IS PLANNING ON INSPECTION
TOMORROW TO MAKE SURE IT IS
SAFE TO GET THE LIFT AND ALL OF
THE CARS OUT OF THAT AREA.>
COUNTLESS NOSTALGIC CUSTOMERS
ARE LINING UP AT A LAKEWOOD
ITALIAN RESTAURANT SET TO CLOSE
ITS DOORS AFTER 58 YEARS.
IT IS SO BUSY, DINO'S ITALIAN
FOOD CHANGED ITS HOURS TO KEEP
UP WITH THE RECENT DEMAND.
WE GO THERE NOW AND WE SPOKE
WITH THE OWNER ABOUT HER
REASONS FOR CLOSING AND THIS
OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT.
Reporter: THE OWNER SAYS IT
WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN FAIR TO HER
EMPLOYEES OR HER LOYAL CUSTOMERS
TO JUST LOCK YOUR DOORS AND
CLOSE DOWN THE RESTAURANT SO IT
WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER
30.
IN THE MEANTIME, SO MANY PEOPLE
ARE COMING BECAUSE OF THEIR
MEMORIES THAT THEY HAVE HAD TO
BRING IN EXTRA EMPLOYEES TO
HELP WITH THE DEMAND AND THEY
ARE EVEN CHANGING THEIR HOURS
AND CLOSING DOWN A DAY TO KEEP
UP WITH FOOD PREPARATION.
AT DINO'S ITALIAN FOOD IN
LAKEWOOD, THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS THE DINNER RUSH THESE
DAYS.
INSTEAD, IT IS BUSY EVERY HOUR
OF THE DAY.
WE OPEN AT 11 AM AND THERE
WILL BE 30 PEOPLE OR 40 PEOPLE
WAITING OUTSIDE AT 11.
Reporter: AMONG THE MANY
LOYAL CUSTOMERS IS SCOTT
GILBERT.
HE HAS HAD THE PIZZA HERE FAR
TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT AND
SATURDAY MAY BE THE LAST TIME.
MY GRANDMA WORKED IN THE
KITCHEN, MY AUNT MANAGED THE
PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, IT'S
LIKE HOME WHEN YOU COME TO
DINO'S.
Reporter: UNZIPPED OVER 30
AT DINO'S WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS
FOR GOOD AFTER 58 YEARS.
THE OWNER SAYS COSTLY REPAIRS
TO THE BUILDING AND OLD
EQUIPMENT BECAME TOO MUCH.
WE HAVE HAD SOME RAINSTORMS
AND SOME ISSUES WITH THE
EQUIPMENT, AND IT'S JUST TIME,
I JUST CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER.
Reporter: EVER SINCE THE
ANNOUNCEMENT, IT HAS BEEN
NOSTALGIA OVERLOAD LIKE FOR
BILL SWAN WHO USED TO COME HERE
IN COLLEGE.
FOR ME, I LOVE THE
SPAGHETTI, I LOVE THE HOMEMADE
NOODLES.
YOU DON'T GET THAT ANYWHERE
ELSE.
Reporter: JUDY DUREN SAYS
SHE IS PROUD OF WHAT HER FATHER
BUILT AND FAMILY MAINTAINED.
IT IS THE TRADITIONS, IT IS
THE HISTORY.
LITTLE KIDS CAME AND HAVE HAD
EVERY BIRTHDAY HERE AND NOW
THEY ARE 50.
Reporter: SCOTT GILBERT IS
EXAMPLE NUMBER ONE, HE PLANS TO
FREEZE SOME UNBAKED PIZZAS IN
CASE THE FAMILY CANNOT COME ONE
MORE TIME.
HOPEFULLY WE MAKE IT AGAIN
BUT IF I DON'T, IT HAS BEEN A
GOOD RUN. Reporter: DUREN
SAYS SHE IS HOPEFUL TO FIND A
