VENICE – Wabi on Rose has permanently closed, ending the Venice sushi restaurant’s second act years after a fire destroyed its original Abbot Kinney Boulevard home.
“Heartbroken to say goodbye but grateful you were part of our Venice love story,” the restaurant wrote in its closure announcement. The post did not give a reason for the closure.
Wabi’s story in Venice was already one of survival. The restaurant operated as Wabi Sabi on Abbot Kinney before an electrical fire destroyed the location in 2018, according to a profile by The Momentum. Owners Sam Marshall and Tricia Small later secured a lease at 512 Rose Ave. and reopened as Wabi on Rose in 2020, just as the pandemic brought new restrictions to indoor dining…