U Omakase (173 Greenpoint Ave.) is opening on September 3 in Greenpoint. The restaurant is the result of a decades-long friendship between a sushi chef and his customer. Owner and sous-chef, Luis Durand, frequented Yasu Hirashiki’s popular Forrest Hills sushi restaurant, and the two formed a connection.
After Hirashiki’s restaurant closed during the pandemic, Durand and his wife Kate, who owns a yoga and pilates studio in Greenpoint called YO BK, teamed up with Hirashiki…
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