AUSTIN, Texas — After about 10 years, P. Terry’s is saying goodbye to their flagship location to make room for the I-35 expansion. P. Terry’s founder and CEO Patrick Terry said the location, which is open 24 hours a day, will shut down on June 28.

TxDOT’s I-35 Capital Express Central project plans to add two extra lanes to the highway, which will act as transit lanes for CapMetro buses and carpoolers.

“This will allow more people to move through the corridor in fewer vehicles,” said TxDOT in their overview of the project.

Terry said he has known about the expansion project for a couple of years, but he just didn’t know when it would start due to the many delays that happened in the last few years.

Terry was notified about the confirmation of the project six weeks ago. It was difficult to process, he said.

“Honestly, there was this sick feeling in this building,” he said. “And then to all of a sudden have this void happen pretty much overnight, it was a sick feeling.”

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Terry considers the Capital Plaza location to be special for a variety of reasons. Aside from its unique architectural structure, the restaurant’s location next to the busy highway made it easily accessible to the local community.

“This is our billboard for a couple hundred thousand cars daily driving by I-35. This feeds a part of the city that has really come out,” Terry said. “Man, they’ve really been with us since day one.”

Terry said their flagship location is especially busy after UT football games and is popular with those who work near the area, who many have dubbed to be “their” P. Terry’s.

The company is in the process of looking for another location nearby.

“We want to fill the void,” Terry said. “This is a hard one to duplicate though.”

But while Terry is sad to see the flagship restaurant go, he said he understands TxDOT is just “doing their job.”

“We have clearly benefited from the growth of this community over the last 20 years. It’s hard to complain about it right now,” he said. “We’ll just move on. We’ll be okay.”