Sushi Yasuda

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Sushi Yasuda
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Sushi Yasuda interior, March 2013
Sushi Yasuda
Restaurant information
Established1999 (1999) [1]
Owner(s)Shige Akimoto and Scott Rosenberg
ChefMitsuru Tamura
Food typeJapanese sushi
Rating Etoile Michelin-1.svg (Michelin Guide)
Street address204 East 43rd Street (between Second Avenue and Third Avenue, in Midtown Manhattan
CityNew York
StateNew York
Postal/ZIP Code10017
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 40°45′04″N73°58′25″W / 40.751242°N 73.973649°W / 40.751242; -73.973649
Website www.sushiyasuda.com

Sushi Yasuda is a Japanese sushi restaurant located at 204 East 43rd Street (between Second Avenue and Third Avenue) in the Midtown East area of Manhattan, New York City.

Contents

The restaurant was founded in 1999 by its former chef, Naomichi Yasuda of Chiba Prefecture, who returned to Japan in January 2011 to open a new restaurant in Tokyo, Sushi Bar Yasuda. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It is owned by Shige Akimoto, and Scott Rosenberg. [8] The current chef is Mitsuru Tamura. [9]

Sushi Yasuda usually has five or more variants of tuna available. [10] [11] Food is served omakase style. [12]

Decor

The stark, minimalist restaurant is lined in simple blond-wood, with high ceilings. [11] [13] [14] [15] Sushi Yasuda uses bamboo on its floor, walls, and ceiling. [11] [16]

Reviews

In 2000, restaurant critic William Grimes of The New York Times gave Sushi Yasuda three stars, and in 2001 he called it "sublime." [17] In 2011, Eric Asimov of The New York Times gave it three stars, and Bloomberg gave it two and a half stars. [5] [18]

In 2013, Zagat's gave it a food rating of 28, the second-highest in the East 40s, and rated it the 9th-best restaurant in New York City. [13] [19]

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