NEWPORT, Ky. —

Hooters restaurant, a longtime staple on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River, got a final sendoff after closing its doors for good.

Earlier this summer, the Hooters location in Newport, Kentucky, closed its doors for good.

On Thursday, some onlookers got a final look as the building was loaded onto a barge and floated down the Ohio River. The restaurant, along with two other businesses, were all taken downriver.

It's unclear where the restaurant would be taken to. Some say it's being taken to a scrapyard downriver.

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"After careful consideration of what is needed to best position our company for the future, Hooters made the difficult decision to close our Newport location," a spokesperson told sister station WLWT .

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