Shibumi, a Michelin-starred izakaya-style restaurant, will close on July 19 after nine years of operation. Chef-owner David Schlosser expressed gratitude for community support while noting challenges in drawing customers amid citywide issues. Since its 2015 opening, Shibumi aimed to present upscale tasting menus inspired by ancient Japanese recipes. Along with Shibumi's closure, other notable restaurants in Los Angeles have also shut down recently, underscoring a broader struggle facing establishments in the area due to economic difficulties and changing community dynamics.
We embarked on a journey fueled by an outpouring of love, passion and curiosity from an extraordinary community. We dared to be different, reviving ancient recipes and time-honored techniques that carried the weight of centuries.
In the end of 2023 to 2024, things really flattened out - the staff is the same, the recipes were the same. The only thing that wasn't the same was people just weren't coming in.
Shibumi, a modest, season-dependent izakaya on a lonely block downtown, feels like a Tokyo restaurant in important ways, which is probably kind of the point.
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