A sign on the door stated that it was closed and also thanked customers for years of business. The restaurant opened at 2261 Fourth St. S.W., Mason City, in 1978, according to Globe Gazette files.

NEWPORT NEWS – Mason T. ‘Tommy’ Long, 72, was received by the Lord on Friday, March 17, 2006. He was a native of Rocky Mount, N.C., and had been a resident of the Peninsula for most of his life. Mr.