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# Highly Touted Japanese Restaurant Wasan Coming To Bergen Street
- URL: https://bklyner.com/highly-touted-japanese-restaurant-wasan-coming-to-bergen-street-parkslopestoop/
- Published: 2015-04-22T16:07:47.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-22T15:00:54.000Z
- Author: Mary Bakija
- Tags: 440 Bergen Street, wasan, #API-Imported

![Photo via Wassan](/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/pss_wassan_fb.jpg)

Photo via [Wasan](https://www.facebook.com/292803994108428/photos/a.292893357432825.95323.292803994108428/292920890763405/?type=3&theater)

A restaurant space that’s long had trouble gaining traction may soon see a turnaround as a [Michelin-recommended Japanese spot](http://wasan-ny.com/press/attachment/michelin%5Fguide2015%5Fl/?ref=bklyner.com) adds an outpost there.

The much-loved Japanese restaurant [Wasan](http://wasan-ny.com/?ref=bklyner.com) will soon be opening a new space at 440 Bergen Street, just off 5th Avenue, reports the [Commercial Observer](http://commercialobserver.com/2015/04/michelin-recommended-wasan-opening-outpost-in-park-slope/?ref=bklyner.com). They’ve been dishing up farm-to-table dishes in the East Village since 2010.

The space they’re moving into was most recently home to Rare Earth, a venture from the [owners of the previous restaurant there, Melt](/blog/food/rare-earth-coming-soon-to-former-melt-space-on-bergen-street). Rare Earth [closed this past winter](/blog/business/rare-earth-restaurant-bar-listed-for-sale), just four months after opening.

What do you think — is this space just a hard one to attract diners to, or has it simply not had quite the right business there yet?