{"id":122334,"date":"2026-08-17T17:10:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/122334\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:10:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:10:23","slug":"korean-restaurant-stone-bowl-closes-doors-in-oakley-after-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/122334\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean restaurant Stone Bowl closes doors in Oakley after 12 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Stone Bowl;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stonebowloakley.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Stone Bowl<\/a>, a fixture of the Oakley restaurant community, has closed after 12 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The owners of the Korean and ramen restaurant announced the storefront&#8217;s closure on Facebook on Sunday, Aug. 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stone Bowl was located on Madison Road next to <a data-ylk=\"slk:MadTree Brewing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/madtree.com\/locations\/oakley-taproom\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">MadTree Brewing<\/a>. The restaurant&#8217;s large orange and blue sign is hard to miss for drivers on the busy road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The restaurant served traditional Korean staples such as bibimbap as well as noodles, Japanese sushi, bento boxes and ramen.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Stone Bowl restaurant, 3355 Madison Rd., Oakley, Aug. 17, 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"608\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cincinnati-com-the-enquirer\/df921d273e16d21d79422ca0f4c3d68b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Stone Bowl restaurant, 3355 Madison Rd., Oakley, Aug. 17, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Owners and married couple, Young Park and Misook Gwon, said in the Facebook post the closure is due to a job relocation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Four years ago, my wife accepted a job in another state, and since then our family has been temporarily living apart,&#8221; the post reads. &#8220;We did our best to make it work, but now the time has come for us to close this chapter, reunite our family, and begin the next one together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Park and Gwon expressed appreciation for those who visited their restaurant, including those who treated Stone Bowl as their &#8220;second home&#8221; and helped the restaurant survive the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We will carry with us all the love, understanding, encouragement, and friendship you have given our family over these 12 years,&#8221; the post reads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Korean restaurant Stone Bowl closes doors in Oakley after 12 years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/entertainment\/dining\/2026\/08\/17\/stone-bowl-korean-restaurant-oakley-permanently-closed\/91335958007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Korean restaurant Stone Bowl closes doors in Oakley after 12 years<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stone Bowl, a fixture of the Oakley restaurant community, has closed after 12 years. 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