After this weekend, the last free-standing diner in Manhattan will be a piece of history.

The Moondance Diner in SoHo will serve its final meal Sunday after 70 years in business.

The restaurant has been seen in several movies, including “Spider-Man,” and television shows like “Sex and the City” and “Friends.”

In a month, the diner will move to a museum in Pennsylvania – where it will be turned into an exhibit.

The restaurant's owner says it will be missed by its workers, its patrons, and tourists.

"A lot of people, they get married here, they find they're girlfriends here,” said Sunny Sharma, owner of the Moondance Diner. “They live in New Jersey, all over, but most the tourists here come from Europe – Belgium, France, England – they all come here to see. Not to see me, just to see the Moondance Diner, the sign of Moondance Diner.”

“It's really heartbreaking for me because I've been here for so many years,” said the owner’s son, John Sharma. “I've been here since I was six. I have so many good and bad memories."

The news of the closure was hard for patrons to swallow.

"It's a shame when neighborhoods lose their character," said one restaurant patron. "The food here is really good and we came here for the caramelized banana pancakes this morning, but I guess progress is inevitable to an extent. But I think that SoHo and TriBeCa are better served by having this place than some more condos."

"I would get coffee and things like that with my friends," said another. "I'm going to miss it a lot."

Another piece of Moondance history: Jonathan Larson, late creator of the Broadway musical Rent, worked at the diner as a waiter while writing the musical.

A real estate developer bought the site at Sixth Avenue between Canal and Grand Streets and plans to build condos in its place.

Originally published online here: http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=8&aid=71265