NASHVILLE (AP) — A landmark soda shop in Nashville will be able to keep serving milkshakes and other fare after the owners reached a last-minute deal to keep the shop open for another five years.

The Elliston Place Soda Shop has been a fixture in the neighborhood near Baptist Hospital since 1939, but owners had said earlier they would have to close the doors this Saturday due to an increase in rent.

Co-owner John Kimery told WKRN-TV in Nashville on Thursday that he and property owner Jim Crossman did not want to see the restaurant close and they came to an agreement to keep it open for at least another five years.

Fans of the meat-and-three restaurant include former Vice President Al Gore and country music stars whose pictures line the restaurant's walls.