{"id":10,"date":"2023-02-15T08:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:01:42","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"text-align:center;padding:100px 20px 80px;background:#faf9f6;position:relative;\">\n    <h1 style=\"font-family:'Playfair Display','Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:clamp(32px,5vw,56px);font-weight:300;letter-spa\n  cing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0 16px;\">Our Story<\/h1>\n    <div style=\"width:60px;height:1px;background:#C5A572;margin:16px auto 24px;\"><\/div>\n    <p style=\"font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:clamp(13px,1.6vw,16px);font-weight:300;letter-spacing:2px;color:#8B733\n  2;margin:0;\">A Legacy of Culinary Artistry<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<style>\n  .entry-content,.post-content,.page-content{\n  max-width:100%!important;\n  padding:0!important;\n  margin:0!important;\n  }\n  @media(max-width:768px){\n  .ys-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr!important;gap:0!important;}\n  .ys-photo{min-height:400px!important;}\n  .ys-text{padding:32px 24px!important;}\n  .ys-dish-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr!important;}\n  .ys-dish-wide{aspect-ratio:16\/9!important;}\n  }\n  .ys-section{padding:80px 24px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.08);}\n  .ys-inner{max-width:960px;margin:0 auto;}\n  .ys-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:0;align-items:stretch;}\n  .ys-photo-wrap{overflow:hidden;}\n  .ys-photo{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;min-height:500px;}\n  .ys-text{display:flex;flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;padding:48px;background:#faf9f6;}\n  .ys-label{font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:3px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8B7332;margin:0 \n  0 12px;}\n  .ys-h2{font-family:'Playfair Display',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:300;color:#1a1a2e;letter-spacing:2px;margin:0 0\n  20px;text-transform:uppercase;}\n  .ys-divider{width:30px;height:1px;background:#C5A572;margin:0 0 20px;}\n  .ys-p{font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:1rem;color:#595959;line-height:1.9;margin:0 0 16px;}\n  .ys-p-last{margin:0;}\n  .ys-space{padding:80px 24px;background:#faf9f6;}\n  .ys-space-head{max-width:720px;margin:0 auto;text-align:center;}\n  .ys-h2-center{font-family:'Playfair\n  Display',serif;font-size:clamp(24px,3.5vw,36px);font-weight:300;letter-spacing:2px;color:#1a1a2e;margin:0 0\n  16px;text-transform:uppercase;}\n  .ys-divider-center{width:40px;height:1px;background:#C5A572;margin:0 auto 32px;}\n  .ys-lead{font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:1.1rem;color:#595959;line-height:2;margin:0 0 40px;}\n  .ys-space-img-wrap{max-width:960px;margin:0 auto;overflow:hidden;}\n  .ys-space-img{width:100%;height:auto;display:block;}\n  .ys-dish-section{padding:80px 24px;}\n  .ys-dish-label{font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:4px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8B7332;text\n  -align:center;margin:0 0 20px;}\n  .ys-dish-h2{font-family:'Playfair\n  Display',serif;font-size:clamp(24px,3.5vw,36px);font-weight:300;letter-spacing:2px;color:#1a1a2e;text-align:center;margin:0 0   \n  16px;text-transform:uppercase;}\n  .ys-dish-stack{display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:4px;}\n  .ys-dish-wide{overflow:hidden;width:100%;aspect-ratio:16\/7;}\n  .ys-dish-wide img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;}\n  .ys-dish-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:4px;}\n  .ys-dish-box{overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:4\/3;}\n  .ys-dish-box img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;}\n  .ys-cta{padding:60px 24px 80px;text-align:center;background:#faf9f6;}\n  .ys-cta-p{font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:1.1rem;color:#595959;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 32px;}\n  .ys-cta-btn{display:inline-block;font-family:'Montserrat',sans-serif;font-size:12px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:4px;text-tran\n  sform:uppercase;color:#fff;background:#1a1a2e;padding:16px 48px;text-decoration:none;}\n  <\/style>\n\n  <div class=\"ys-section\">\n  <div class=\"ys-inner\">\n  <div class=\"ys-grid\">\n  <div class=\"ys-photo-wrap\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/staging-siteimageschef-portrait.jpg\"\n   alt=\"Chef Yuu Shimano\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;min-height:500px;\">\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ys-text\">\n  <p class=\"ys-label\">Chef &amp; Owner<\/p>\n  <h2 class=\"ys-h2\">Yuu Shimano<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"ys-divider\"><\/div>\n  <p class=\"ys-p\">What defines my approach as a Japanese chef running a French restaurant in New York is a single, deliberate     \n  choice: to express French cuisine entirely through a Japanese lens.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"ys-p\">Pursuing French cooking as a Japanese chef is a path that has not always been easy to understand in Japan. But  \n  New York is different. It is a city where diversity is not the exception but the defining culture \u2014 where expression that       \n  transcends nationality is recognized and respected on its own terms. That is precisely why my philosophy of bringing a Japanese \n  soul to French cuisine finds its place here.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"ys-p\">At the core of my cooking is classical French technique. But layered upon it are the things only a Japanese     \n  perspective can offer: the rhythm of Japan&#8217;s four seasons, the exceptional quality of Japanese fish and produce, and an\n  aesthetic sensibility rooted in wabi-sabi \u2014 the beauty of restraint, impermanence, and quiet attention. Every dish carries the  \n  changing of seasons, a deep respect for ingredients, and the space to let simplicity speak.<\/p>\n  <p class=\"ys-p ys-p-last\">This extends beyond the plate. Through the cuisine, the environment, and every gesture of service,    \n  Restaurant Yuu is built on a single conviction: that French cooking, expressed through a Japanese spirit, can offer something   \n  found nowhere else.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ys-space\">\n  <div class=\"ys-space-head\">\n  <p class=\"ys-label\" style=\"letter-spacing:4px;\">The Space<\/p>\n  <h2 class=\"ys-h2-center\">Eighteen Seats<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"ys-divider-center\"><\/div>\n  <p class=\"ys-lead\">An intimate counter-dining experience in the heart of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Every seat offers a front-row    \n  view of our chefs at work\u2014an evening that unfolds as both theater and feast.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ys-space-img-wrap\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ys-space-img\" alt=\"Counter seating\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yuu-251125-128-scaled.jpg\">\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ys-dish-section\">\n  <div class=\"ys-inner\">\n  <p class=\"ys-dish-label\">Scenes from Yuu<\/p>\n  <div class=\"ys-divider-center\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"ys-dish-stack\">\n\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-wide\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Japanese striped jack\"\n\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/themes\/restaurant_yuu_1224\/assets\/images\/TOP1.jpg\"> \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-grid\">\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-box\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signature dish\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yuu-251125-526-1-scaled.jpg\">     \n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-box\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signature dish\"\n\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nao_Yuu_260325_DSC_6228-scaled.jpg\">\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-wide\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Caviar brioche\"\n\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/themes\/restaurant_yuu_1224\/assets\/images\/TOP5.jpg\"> \n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-grid\">\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-box\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signature dish\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nao_Yuu_260325_DSC_6236-1-scaled.jpg\">\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-box\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signature dish\" style=\"object-position:center 70%;\"\n\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nao_Yuu_260325_DSC_6459-scaled.jpg\">\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"ys-dish-wide\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Signature dish\"\n    src=\"https:\/\/www.yuunewyork.com\/restaurantyuu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Yuu_L-8-scaled.jpg\">     \n    <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"ys-cta\">\n  <p class=\"ys-cta-p\">Experience the story firsthand.<\/p>\n  <a class=\"ys-cta-btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\n  href=\"https:\/\/www.exploretock.com\/restaurant-yuu-brooklyn\">Reserve a Table<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Story A Legacy of Culinary Artistry Chef &amp; Owner Yuu Shimano What defines my approach as a Japanese chef running a French restaurant in New York is a single, deliberate choice: to express French cuisine entirely through a Japanese lens. Pursuing French cooking as a Japanese chef is a path that has not always been easy to understand in Japan. But New York is different. It is a city where diversity is not the exception but the defining culture \u2014 where expression that transcends nationality is recognized and respected on its own terms. That is precisely why my philosophy of bringing a Japanese soul to French cuisine finds its place here. At the core of my cooking is classical French technique. But layered upon it are the things only a Japanese perspective can offer: the rhythm of Japan&#8217;s four seasons, the exceptional quality of Japanese fish and produce, and an aesthetic sensibility rooted in wabi-sabi \u2014 the beauty of restraint, impermanence, and quiet attention. 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