Iconic Michigan restaurant closing down after 6 decades

The final goodbye to what has been a staple on Woodward Avenue. Today, the doors at the Sign of the Beef Carver closed for good as hundreds turned out with a hearty appetite to pay tribute. Here's Fox 2's Ingrid Kelly. That's a wrap. Well, that's what they say in TV to signal the end. Well, today, that same applies to this iconic restaurant that's been an institution in Michigan for decades. One last time. This is the last time you're going to be opening up for the customers. Talk to me about that. It's very emotional. we're going to miss everybody coming out here and we're hoping that we can get as many people through as we can today. The end of an era. People from all across Metro Detroit lining up early Sunday morning to get one last plate of comfort food at Sign of the Beef Carver. When you heard that it was closing for good what went through your mind? I hope to get a spot and hope to get in the door. I've been this is my third time coming back to see if I can get in. Talk to me about being here on the final day. It means everything to me. The Beef Carver holds a special place in my heart my father's favorite restaurant i've been coming here since i was a little kid he's not here anymore with us but he's still here in memory at the restaurant and there it is the comfort foods that remind people of home it's why this decision to close is so tough for patrons to swallow it's been five years in the making but it's uh we've been subsidizing we love our employees so much so we've been trying everything we could possibly try to either control costs or get more people in and it's a it's a game of arithmetic unfortunately at the end of the day and we lost the battle sign of the beef carver equals sign of the times oh that's clever yeah i suppose we could say that yes this restaurant is more than home style cooking it's the family business my father bought this building the year i was born and we opened in the next year, so I've never known a world without this store. This is, it's devastating. And it's mostly devastating because we just love our employees. It's really emotional, my man. All the customers and my coworkers became family over the time. And this home-style cooking was the glue that united them all. It is just a meal that I've always, I've grown accustomed to, and I really enjoy it. You're gonna savor all those bites. Every last bite. I wanna be there to see the last plate of beef go out, because that's going to be the last, that'll be the official end of an era. In rural Oak, Ingrid Kelly, Fox 2 News.