RIP Eat-a-Burger

Once a local chain that covered Utah, Eat-a-Burger's final restaurant has closed. Here's what I found when I went there today:

The roof painted green, the neon logo on top gone, and a "Rancheritos Coming Soon" sign.
The Holladay location held out a full ten years after all of the other Eat-a-Burgers were turned into Starbucks and the like. I reviewed Eat-a-Burger for Chow Board just a few months ago, complete with all my fond childhood memories of the place. I did my best, old buddy. So it's with a heavy heart, that I write perhaps the only eulogy on the web for this bygone restaurant. So long and thanks for all the fries.