WEBVTT KCCI'S JASON RANTALA SHOWS US THE MASSIVE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT. JASON R: TUCKED AWAY BENEATH A PARKING RAMP. A LINE OF PEOPLE SNAKES OUTSIDE WHAT MANY CONSIDER AN INSTITUTION. WHERE FIRST TIMERS. SHE SAYS IT'S REALLY GOOD SO I'M GOING BY HER WORD. JASON R: AND VIRTUAL LIFE LONG CUSTOMERS COMBINE FOR LUNCH. YOU KNOW OUR MOTTO HERE, ORDER WHAT YOU WANT, AND TAKE WHAT I GIVE YOU. IT IS FUN, REALLY IT IS. JASON R: GEORGE H., WE'LL CALL HIM FOR SHORT -- ONE TENDERLOIN AND 3 RIB EYES GOT IT. JASON R: HAS BEEN AT MISTER FILET SINCE 1969, AFTER COMING TO IOWA FROM GREECE. OH YEAH I WAS IN THE GREEK ARMY. JASON R: IT WASN'T TOO LONG BEFORE HE BECAME OWNER. NOW AFTER 46 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS -- THIS LONG? NO, NO. THIS IS KIND OF HIS LIFE, SO. HIS BUSINESS. WHAT. WE'RE GOING TO REALLY MISS YOU, WE WANT TO TELL YOU THAT. JASON R: IS CLOSING ITS DOORS. WE'RE GOING TO BE SAD, I THINK THIS TOWN'S GOING TO BE SAD. IT HASN'T HIT ME YET BUT WHEN I PUT THE SIGN UP THERE I GOT KIND OF EMOTIONAL WHEN I PUT THE SIGN YOU KNOW THE LAST DAY WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE. JASON R: GEORGE HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT. TWO LOCATIONS AND A FIRE THAT ALMOST PUT A HALT TO EVERYTHING FIVE YEARS AGO. NOW, HIS LEASE IS TERMINATED. -- NOW HIS LEASE IS UP. THE CITY HAS PLANNED TO DEMOLISH HIS RESTAURANT FOR PARKING AND LUXURY APARTMENTS. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO I'LL GET OVER IT. YOU CANNOT STOP PROGRESS. KRIS: FOR GEORGE, IT'S THE PEOPLE HE'LL MISS MOST, AS THEY POUR IN TO SAY GOODBYE. YOU JUST CANNOT PUT THAT IN WORDS, I MEAN THIS IS PRICELESS,