Restaurant in New York, United States
Sushi Yasuda is a Japanesesushi restaurant located at 204 East 43rd Street (betweenSecond Avenue andThird Avenue ) in theMidtown East area ofManhattan ,New York City .
The restaurant was founded in 1999 by its former chef, Naomichi Yasuda ofChiba 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 servedomakase style.[ 12]
The stark, minimalist restaurant is lined in simple blond-wood, with high ceilings.[ 11] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] Sushi Yasuda usesbamboo on its floor, walls, and ceiling.[ 11] [ 16]
In 2000, restaurant criticWilliam Grimes ofThe New York Times gave Sushi Yasuda three stars, and in 2001 he called it "sublime."[ 17] In 2011, Eric Asimov ofThe New York Times gave it three stars, andBloomberg 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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