The Fortune Teller Bar at 2635 Cherokee St. in Benton Park West has announced via social media it will soon close. It had reopened in May 2023 after a hiatus of almost six months and a change of ownership.
The social post stated: “Fortune Teller Bar has been a home for the strange and spooky for over a decade. ‘This was “my” bar when I first moved to St. Louis in 2017. Matt Thenhaus and team created a space that welcomed weirdos and celebrated the strange,’ said owner Ryan Schepers. ‘My now-spouse and I had our first date here, and we held our wedding reception here. It’s always been a space filled with love and acceptance, and I’m proud to have continued that for our friends on Cherokee and for the broader community.’”
“Fortune Teller Bar’s final night of services will be on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday, December 31st,” the post continued. “Fourth City BBQ will have their final service on December 21st. Other details about events, garage sale, etc. will be released in the coming days. Please join us in these last days of 2024 to celebrate and reminisce.”
Fourth City BBQ posted the following statement: “Words cannot express how much we’ve loved operating on Cherokee Street, out of the Fortune Teller Bar, over the past year and a half. We’re so grateful to the many wonderful people we have met and served in that time, and we hope y’all will stick with us while we work towards our next step. We have some big plans in the works.”
This article appears in November 2024.
