Wasabi Sushi Bar Closes Cortex Location Permanently

Wasabi still has six other local spots — and a happy hour that can't be beat

Dec 11, 2023 at 12:42 pm

Wasabi's Cortex location is no more. Google Maps

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St. Louis sushi purveyor Wasabi has bid adieu to Midtown. Its location at 4239 Duncan Avenue in the Cortex district closed permanently about two weeks ago, an employee at the Clayton location confirmed to the RFT.

Wasabi Sushi Bar, which has still has locations in Clayton, Town & Country, St. Charles, Kirkwood, and Edwardsville and O'Fallon in Illinois, is owned by John Kim. Kim launched the chain more than 15 years ago, according to its website, and opened the Duncan Avenue spot in 2020, according to Sauce.

The local chain is perhaps best known for its can't-be-beat happy hour specials, which the Cortex after-work crowd is surely already missing.