SK Hospitality opens Yamasaki and Bueno at 25 Broad Street

SK Hospitality Group has opened two restaurants at 25 Broad Street in Manhattan’s Financial District, pairing inventive Japanese at Yamasaki with Latin-inspired tapas at Bueno. The dual launch adds two large-format dining and cocktail destinations inside a historic building across from the New York Stock Exchange. Why it matters: - SK Hospitality Group is turning a historic Financial District property into two distinct nightlife and dining destinations at once. - The openings add new high-capacity restaurant options in a part of downtown Manhattan that draws office workers, tourists, and event traffic. - Both concepts are designed to compete on experience as much as food, with large bars, lounge seating, live music, and private dining. What happened: - SK Hospitality Group opened Yamasaki Restaurant & Bar on the ground floor of 25 Broad Street and Bueno Restaurant & Bar on the lower level. - The restaurants are now open to the public in New York City’s Financial District. - Yamasaki serves inventive Japanese cuisine. - Bueno serves Latin-inspired tapas in a more lounge-driven setting. - Culinary Director Steve Song leads both kitchens. The details: - Steve Song is a 30-year industry veteran with experience at Masa, Bar Masa, Jean-Georges’ ABC Kitchen, and Aqua Kyoto. - Yamasaki offers a seven-course tasting menu and an à la carte menu. - Signature Yamasaki dishes include Toro Tartare & Caviar, nigiri selections, uni pasta, Miso-Glazed Black Cod, and Wagyu Ribeye Steak. - The à la carte menu at Yamasaki includes Wagyu & Beef Mini Bun, Crispy Tuna Rice, Salmon Tataki with Crispy Spinach, A5 Wagyu Donburi, Sizzling Miso Pork Belly, and Chilean Seabass. - Yamasaki also features sushi platters, per-piece nigiri and sashimi, classic and signature rolls, noodles, soups, rice, desserts, wine, sake, and craft cocktails. - Bueno’s menu includes shareables and crudos such as Tiradito de Salmón, Atún Tartar con Chipotle, and Ceviche de Pescado Blanco. - Bueno’s warm tapas include Chicharrón de Bacalao Negro, Short Rib Empanadas, and Wild Mushroom & Truffle Croquetas. - Bueno serves tacos with wagyu, steak, fish, pork confit, or grilled adobo-marinated pork in hand-pressed tortillas. - Bueno’s entrees include Magret de Pato, Mojo Sea Bass, and Salmon Cubano. - Bueno also offers craft cocktails, wine by the glass and bottle, and a complimentary alcohol-based cotton candy treat for adult guests at the end of the meal. - Yamasaki seats 200 guests across its dining room and cocktail bar area. - Yamasaki’s design includes oversize banquet seating, intimate tables, original grand showroom windows, and a 12-seat bar. - Bueno is entered by a tucked-away sidewalk staircase and opens into a large lounge with live music, cocktails, and multiple seating areas. - Bueno includes an oversize bar, a glass-encased private dining room for up to 10 guests, and a dining room that seats up to 180. - Bueno preserves historic bank details, including the original bank vault door and floor-to-ceiling safety deposit boxes from the building’s early 1900s life as a bank and depository. Between the lines: - The two concepts split one address into two different customer experiences, which lets SK Hospitality serve both upscale dining and social occasion traffic under one roof. - The historic design elements are doing marketing work here as much as decorative work, reinforcing a sense of place that fits the Financial District location. - The combination of tasting menus, cocktails, live music, and private dining suggests the restaurants are targeting both dinner reservations and longer, late-evening visits. What’s next: - Reservations for Yamasaki are available on OpenTable. - Reservations for Bueno are available on Resy. - More information is available at YamasakiBar.com and BuenoRestaurant.com . - The restaurants are also promoting updates on Instagram at @yamasaki_restaurantnyc and @bueno_restaurantnyc. The bottom line: - SK Hospitality is betting that one historic building can support two separate destination concepts, each with enough scale and personality to stand on its own.