(AP) — The first Valentino’s restaurant has baked its last pizza and served its last customer in Lincoln.

The restaurant at the 34th and Holdrege was packed Sunday by many longtime customers. It opened in 1957 and has thrived over the years. The company has grown to 35 restaurant locations in four states since changing ownership in 1971.

Assistant manager Mohammad Al-Haidari said he was the first employee to greet a customer on Sunday and that he wanted to be the last employee to say goodbye to the restaurant’s last customer.

Al-Haidari says the restaurant needed to modernize and get away from its 1970s look. A new Valentino’s will be opening next door.