Syracuse, N.Y. - MaMa Nancy's, the diner on State Fair Boulevard that once ran all-day and all-night, closed on Jan. 2.

"It's the end of a season," said Nancy Rinaldi-Bianchi, who ran the diner for 17 years.

Nancy Rinaldi-Bianchi ran MaMa Nancy's for 17 years. She kept the diner open 24 hours a day until about three or four years ago.

Since closing, some customers have been calling to see if the decision was temporary. It's permanent, Rinaldi-Bianchi said Monday.

"We've had the best customers," she said. "People have been calling us crying."

But she's inviting MaMa Nancy customers to come to her other restaurant, Gee Gee's, on Court Street in Lyncourt. She's going to incorporate some of the diner favorites - like frittatas and the homemade hash - onto Gee Gee's menu, she said.

A few things prompted the diner's closing, she said Monday afternoon. The building has flooded and had other problems recently, forcing some unexpected but shorter closings, she said.

Plus, the traffic from shows at the nearby Lakeview Amphitheater made staying open on evenings with shows difficult, Rinaldi-Bianchi added.

"In the summer the amphitheater hurt us when there were special events," she said. "There was no provision for the traffic," she said.

Rinaldi-Bianchi rented the building at 510 State Fair Blvd. She says she believes another person is taking over the spot, with the intention to open a different diner.

She's keeping the MaMa Nancy name, she said Monday, as a team of family and friends packed up Syracuse China dishes, condiments and flours, foods from the freezer. Rinaldi-Bianchi also said she's keeping the stacks of MaMa Nancy's diner mugs printed with advertisements from Syracuse-area businesses and friends.

MaMa Nancy's closed on Jan. 2.

"I don't consider MaMa Nancy's dead," she said.

The closing will allow Rinaldi-Bianchi to focus more on Gee Gee's at 2708 Court St.

Gee Gee's opened in 2015 in the spot formerly occupied by the Lyncourt Grill. It's a casual family dining restaurant, with an emphasis on Italian classics such as veal parmesan, chicken marsala, pastas and chops. It serves three meals a day, though it's closed on Tuesdays. Gee Gee's serves beer and wine.

Rinaldi-Bianchi said she gave up the 24-hour schedule at MaMa Nancy's about three or four years ago. It was hard, she said, to staff the diner on Saturday nights into Sunday. And even in the older days, the staff would close for a few hours each Sunday for cleaning.

The B'Ville Diner at 16 E. Genesee St., Baldwinsville, still serves 24 hours a day.