>anc3 mic>WELL, >>> MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING GOODBYE TO A BELOVED SAN JOSE RESTAURANT. >> BURGER PIT HAS BEEN A SOUTHBAY STAPLE FOR DECADES, BUT WILL BE CLOSING ITS LAST LOCATION TODAY. DEVIN FEHELY CAUGHT UP WITH SOME LONGTIME CUSTOMERS WHO WANTED TO GET A BURGER, ONE LAST TIME. >> I'M SAD. I'M SAD THAT THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR LEASE RENEWED. >> Reporter: ONE LAST MEAL AT THE LAST REMAINING BURGER PIT, ON ITS LAST DAY OF BUSINESS. >> THE FOOD IS GREAT. THE FOOD HAS BEEN WONDERFUL. ALL THESE YEARS. >> Reporter: WOODRIDGE JOINED HUNDREDS OF OTHER CUSTOMERS IN A LINE AROUND THE BUILDING TO SAY GOODBYE TO A RESTAURANT SHE HAS BEEN COMING TO SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD. >> WE WATCHED THIS PLACE BEING BUILT, IN 64. SO, THIS HAS BEEN A BIG PART OF MY LIFE. >> Reporter: THIS LOCATION IN SOUTH SAN JOSE OPENED 60 YEARS AGO, IN 1964. THE CHAIN HAS BEEN IN BUSINESS MORE THAN 70 YEARS. PAUL BERGER IS THE FOUNDER'S SON. >> EVEN AS A LITTLE KID I WORKED IN THE RESTAURANTS. MY DAD WOULD HAVE ME DOING STUFF IN THE BACK, AND YOU KNOW, MOPPING FLOORS. >> Reporter: CUSTOMERS SAY THEY FIRST CAME TO A FOOD. SIMPLE, DELICIOUS, UNFUSSY AND INEXPENSIVE. RETURNED YEAR AFTER YEAR, DECADE AFTER DECADE FOR THE FAMILY ATMOSPHERE. >> THIS IS THE LAST DAY AND I'M GOING TO MISS IT. THEY MAKE THE BEST FOOD IN TOWN. >> IT SAD. YOU KNOW, BUT THEY ARE CLOSING, SO IT SAD. I WILL MISS THIS PLACE. >> Reporter: PAUL WAS 4 WHEN HIS FATHER OPENED THE FIRST RESTAURANT. HE IS NOW A MAN OF 75. WHAT HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF SUCH SUCCESS FOR SO LONG? >> MY DAD ALWAYS SAID GOOD FOOD AT REASONABLE PRICES. WE TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. YOU KNOW. AND WE SOCIALIZE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT COME DOWN. >> Reporter: PAUL HAS LOST HIS LEASE, BUT HE ALSO SAYS IT IS JUST TIME TO RETIRE, IF YOU STIEFEL FOR THE MANY CUSTOMERS LIKE MICHELLE WHO CAME TO SAVE HER ONE LAST MEAL, ONE LAST TIME EXPECT PEOPLE OF THIS PLACE, AND THEY LOVE THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, THEY LOVE THE FOOD. IT IS JUST A FAMILY RESTAURANT.
