AN OAKLAND INSTITUTION HAS CLOSED, BUT DETAILS SURROUNDING ITS CLOSURE ARE SCARCE. THE ORIGINAL HOT DOG SHOP, THE O, HAS SHUT DOWN, AND A LOOK THROUGH THE WINDOWS SHOWS THAT IT HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL CLEANED OUT. THERE HAS YET TO BE ANY DEFINITIVE CONFIRMATION FROM THE O’S OWNERS, WHO DID NOT RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR A COMMENT. BUT THIS NEWS IS BEING MET WITH DISAPPOINTMENT BY THOSE WHO KNEW IT AND LOVED IT FOR DECADES. >> I GREW UP IN OAKLAND, SO THIS IS LIKE A LITTLE PIECE OF HOME EVERY TIME I SEE IT. SO WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS CLOSING, I WAS LIKE, I HAVE TO GET MY PICTURE. [LAUGHTER] >> IT’S LIKE WE TOOK IT FOR GRANTED. IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. BUT IT’S A TOUGH BUSINESS TO BEGIN WITH. RYAN: BROTHERS SID AND MOE SIMON OPENED THE O IN 1960. MOE SIMON PASSED AWAY BACK