An era came to a quiet end Friday afternoon as City Subs and Deli closed its doors for the last time.

Two arrangements of fresh-cut flowers obviously there to brighten up the place took on an funeral-like air of condolences as customers lined up for their last City Subs reuben and devil dog.

The restaurant had been in operation since 1988 in the Westpark Walk shopping center and was a haunt of a number of local power brokers from the nearby office complexes.

Brian and Cathy Longworthy have owned the establishment for the past six years but their lease was expiring and they had plans to take it easy after working in the tough restaurant industry for some time.

Two chances to sell the business fell through, and thus Peachtree City has lost another local restaurant.

“It’s bittersweet,” Cathy Longworthy said Friday afternoon, as customers came in but little was left to sell as inventory had been depleted.

Longworthy said she will always cherish the relationship she’s had with long-time customers. She may not know everyone’s name but she knows exactly what they always order.

“I will so, so miss them,” Longworthy said.

The Longworthys were able to triple the store’s revenue after taking over the business, starting deliveries to local schools.

Now, they’re looking forward to a more relaxing lifestyle, at least for right now, Cathy Longworthy says.