Courtesy Diner on Kingshighway Is For Sale

The beloved south city institution closed last May

Jun 19, 2023 at 9:22 am

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JAIME LEES

The Courtesy Diner location on Kingshighway closed indefinitely last year.

Beloved South City institution Courtesy Diner hit the real estate market on Friday. The South Kingshighway restaurant closed in May 2022 due to staffing issues. Marji Rugg, the restaurant's chief accountant, said the restaurant had had to go down from three shifts to one shift in the lead up to closing entirely, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Courtesy Diner on South Kingshighway Is Closing Indefinitely

The locations at 1121 Hampton Avenue and 8000 South Laclede Station Road remain open, but south city denizens will have to get their slingers somewhere else.

The property is currently listed at $550,000.

While some developer could buy this to tear it down, lately venerated St. Louis restaurants that had to shutter have been undergoing cool transformations. City Diner will be Gotham and Eggs, Eat-Rite became Fleur, and Tim's Chrome Bar reopened under new ownership. Here's hoping Courtesy Diner's future is just as bright.

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Rosalind is the former editor-in-chief of the Riverfront Times. She formerly worked for Washington University's alumni magazine and St. Louis Magazine. In 2018, she was selected as a Rising Leader of Color by the Theatre Communications Group. In 2014, she was selected as an Emerging Leader by FOCUS St. Louis...