One of Alabama’s oldest restaurants is saying goodbye to the Birmingham metropolitan area after 86 years.

Lloyd’s Restaurant, among the state’s oldest continuing full-service eatery’s in Alabama, will serve its last hamburger steak in Inverness on Oct. 15, the establishment announced on its Facebook page.

“We want to express our sincere gratitude to each and every one of you for allowing us to be a part of your lives through dining experiences at our Inverness location. Your support and patronage have meant the world to us,” Lloyd’s said on social media.

“We would like to thank our staff, past and present, for helping make Lloyd’s a truly special place and for providing so many wonderful dining experiences for our customers,” the establishment continued.

The restaurant’s Sylacauga location, which opened earlier this year, will remain in operation.

Lloyd’s dates back to 1937, making it, along with Bessemer’s 116-year-old Bright Star, one of the oldest continuing full-service restaurants in the Birmingham area. With 480 seats, Lloyd’s typically serves up to 1,500 patrons on an average Sunday.

Lloyd Chesser opened the original restaurant in Chelsea on the old U.S. 280 highway, better known as the Florida Short Route. Eli Stevens, who sold bread and buns to Chesser, bought Lloyd’s when Chesser retired in 1971. After the first phase of the new U.S. 280 corridor was completed, Stevens moved the restaurant to its current location 10 miles from downtown Birmingham in 1978.

With the help of his family, Stevens ran Lloyd’s until his death in 2020. His son, Bogue, now runs the restaurant.

Lloyd’s did not give a reason for why the Inverness location would be shuttered, but announced the decision “with heavy hearts and great sadness.”