BIDDEFORD — After 15 years in business downtown, Bebe’s Burritos and Cantina is closing.

Saturday will be the last day for the Mexican restaurant and bar at its 140 Main St. location, Shilyn Moulton, who manages Bebe’s along with her sister Kieyana Francis, said Tuesday. Moulton and Francis’ mother owns the business.

Moulton said she was notified last Friday that the restaurant was losing its lease. On Monday, building owner Steve Ebling said he was not at liberty to discuss the situation at this time, nor any future plans he has for the space.

“This isn’t easy for any of us,” said Moulton.

In more than a decade of business downtown, she said Bebe’s has built an extensive foundation of regulars, such as local school teachers who frequent the bar to wind down on Fridays.

And those customers have been seeing the news on social media, said Moulton. “They’re as devastated as we are,” she said.

Moulton said local youth sports teams have for the last several months been selling pamphlets that include coupons for Bebe’s, and she would like as many people as possible to come in and use them in the next few days.

Although it has been hard news to handle, Moulton said her family hopes to reopen Bebe’s in the near future.

“We are looking to relocate,” she said. “We are hoping we can find a place not too far from here to reopen.”

Moulton said she’s expecting a large turnout at Bebe’s Saturday night as part of a send-off party.

“It’s going to be pretty emotional for all of us,” she said of the event.

— Staff Writer Angelo J. Verzoni can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 329 or [email protected].