Sacramento landmark Jim-Denny’s went up for sale Monday.

The Lane family has decided to sell the historic white and red diner after five years so Patsy Lane, the heart and soul behind the counter, can retire to Montana.

The restaurant has served breakfasts and burgers for 76 years – first at 16th and J streets, where Jim Van Nort initially opened the restaurant. Van Nort moved the business to 816 12th St. after returning from WWII.

The Lanes struggled with the decision even before the diner was featured on the Travel Channel show Man v. Food in late September. Lane just turned 60, and she's ready to take it a little easier, said her daughter, Joanna Lane, part owner along with her mother and husband, Sean.

"It's hard for her, standing up on her feet all day," said Lane, a real estate agent. "It takes a lot of work and time."

A for-sale sign will be posted as soon as Tuesday. For the first time in 60 years, the land will be offered for sale at the same time as the building and the business. A family trust apparently related to Van Nort also recently decided to sell the 3,700 square feet of prime downtown real estate the building sits on.

"They've all come to mutual agreement to sell the land," said Dave Herrera, Colliers International broker.

They wanted to sell the land to the Lanes, the restaurant's fifth set of owners. The Lanes own the building and the business but leased the land. But the Lanes are ready to sell as well.

The listing price for the land, the turn-key business and the diner, which is about 750 square feet, is $295,000. The building is a protected historic landmark. If the buyer decided not to operate the restaurant there, the building would have to be moved, Herrera said.

Patsy Lane had 30 years of experience owning restaurants and managing kitchens, first with her husband and then for companies including The Sacramento Bee and Kaiser Permanente. She put in the sweat equity after her daughter and son-in-law bought the business for her. She's ready to return to Montana, where she already has a home, friends and a job at a hospital waiting for her, said her daughter.

Grandkids Ashley Ahumada, 22, and her 20-year-old brother Zachary worked there with her. Zachary Ahumada will now go to culinary school.

Since the show aired last month, the "10 busiest seats in Sacramento" have gotten even busier, Joanna Lane said.

"We've been slammed," she said.