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Oasis Restaurant and Bar in West Fargo closes – InForum

WEST FARGO – The Oasis Restaurant and Bar has announced it will close at the end of September.

The last day of business at 3147 Bluestem Drive is September 29, according to a sign near the store's entrance.

Co-owner John Weng said the casual fine-dining restaurant, which specializes in Cajun seafood but also serves popular American dishes, never really took off.

“We are not losing money. But we are not making any money here either. I don't want to spend any more time on it,” Weng said on Wednesday, September 11.

“It was a good idea at first, but I don't think North Dakota was interested in things like seafood stews,” he said. “We've invested two to three years in the place. That should stop.”

Weng said anyone who has a gift certificate can redeem it or receive a refund before the restaurant closes.

Oasis opened on February 25, 2022 in the building that originally housed the BLVD Pub, right on busy Veterans Boulevard.
A sign at the entrance to Oasis Restaurant and Bar in West Fargo informs customers that the last full day of business will be Sept. 29, 2024. Co-owner John Weng said Wednesday, Sept. 11, that gift certificate holders can redeem them before the restaurant closes or receive a refund.

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Weng and his partners are longtime restaurateurs in the Fargo-Moorhead-West Fargo region.

The group operates Izumi Sushi and Hibachi restaurants and Samurai Japanese restaurant in Fargo, Mr. Wok Chinese Express and Ninja Ramen Poke Bowl in West Fargo, and Ginza Ramen and Poke in the food court at West Acres shopping center.

BLVD opened in late spring 2016. However, it closed in March 2020 with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and never reopened.

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt is a business reporter for The Forum. He is an import from Germany, coming to the U.S. about a decade after the Volkswagen Beetle. After graduating from high school in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, he served in the U.S. Army as a microwave radio operator and mechanic. He earned a journalism degree from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, then started at the Albert Lea Tribune in southeastern Minnesota, where he served as managing editor for three years. At The Forum, he has covered a variety of topics, including elementary and secondary schools, municipal government, police and courts, and the business world. Contact Helmut at 701-241-5583 or [email protected].

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