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After 15 seasons as a Major League Baseball pitcher, Todd Stottlemyre decided to give the finance world a whirl. So it wasn’t that much of a surprise when the World Series champion and second-generation professional ballplayer quickly figured out that sitting still at a desk wasn’t quite a fit. “I woke up one day and realized I don’t feel like spending my life in an office,” Stottlemyre said. But what did excite him was an industry that played a key role in his professional life: food. Precisely, healthy food that helped his body and mind perform at the top of their capabilities.

We’re always proud when a local restaurant goes national. And in the case of poke joint Koibito Poke, it’s certainly well-deserved. Koibito offers a number of signature bowls; the salmon bowl (salmon, house sauce, cucumber, edamame, green onion, ginger, crab mix and sesame seeds) is a popular option, and there’s a keto bowl (cauliflower rice, ahi tuna, salmon, sriracha aioli, cucumber, green onion, Brussels sprouts, kale and sesame seeds) if you’re watching your carbs. But we prefer to design our own bowl of raw fish, and it’s inevitably heavy on Koibito’s Hawaiian tuna. The marinade, with notes of soy and ginger, gives the fish a rich flavor and a silky texture. We’re happy to share the greatness that is Koibito Poke with three other states and counting.

Thanks to a beloved local sports figure, St. Louis has a new destination for fresh seafood: Koibito Pokē, a fast-casual poke bowl destination from former St. Louis Cardinals’ pitcher Todd Stottlemyre that opened on September 24th in Des Peres. This is the first Koibito Pokē in the St. Louis area, though a second location is slated to open next Spring in Ballpark Village.