Decades-old Bardstown Road sushi restaurant closes for good
A popular Asian buffet in Fern Creek closed permanently after two decades in business, and the restaurant’s equipment is now up for auction, according to Louisville Business First.
Hibachi Sushi Buffet was located at 5316 Bardstown Road, at the intersection of Bardstown Road and Hurstbourne Parkway, in the Piccadilly Square strip mall.
Owner Kevin Dong said he decided to close the 14,000-square-foot restaurant over the weekend rather than renew his lease. The business was closed for a while last year, but it reopened in December 2021.
Dong said foot traffic at the strip mall wasn’t enough to support the business once it reopened.
“The rent was so high we could not afford it,” he said. “We were not getting the foot traffic we used to get there. We have great memories and bad memories of the business.”
Dong declined to disclose the restaurant's lease terms. It employed 15 people.