The Financial District has spent the last decade evolving from a daytime business zone into a full-time residential neighborhood, and on June 15, two dining concepts open simultaneously inside a historic former bank at 25 Broad Street, directly across from the New York Stock Exchange.

SK Hospitality Group, led by Jonathan Stotter and Stylianos Kakavelis, will debut Yamasaki, an inventive Japanese restaurant and bar on the ground floor, and Bueno, a Latin-inspired tapas-and-lounge concept on the lower level, both under Culinary Director Steve Song. Song is a 30-year industry veteran whose tenures include Masa and Bar Masa, Jean-Georges Vongerichten's ABC Kitchen, and London's Aqua Kyoto.

Yamasaki Interior, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Interior, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Chef, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Chef, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Pork Gyoza, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Pork Gyoza, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Miso Black Cod, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Miso Black Cod, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Chicken Katsu, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Chicken Katsu, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Lamb Chops, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Lamb Chops, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Crispy Tuna Rice, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Crispy Tuna Rice, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Beef Tataki, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Yamasaki Beef Tataki, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group

Yamasaki seats 200, anchored by a 12-seat bar in the southwest corner and framed by the building's original showroom windows along the north and west walls. Song's menu spans a seven-course tasting — toro tartare with caviar, nigiri, uni pasta, miso-glazed black cod and wagyu ribeye — alongside an à la carte program of wagyu and beef mini buns, crispy tuna rice, salmon tataki, A5 wagyu donburi, sizzling miso pork belly and Chilean seabass, plus a sushi menu of combination platters, per-piece nigiri and sashimi, and signature rolls. Wine and sake are offered by the glass and bottle, with a craft cocktail program.

Bueno Interior, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Interior, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Ceviche de Pescado Blanco, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Ceviche de Pescado Blanco, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Gambas al Ajillo, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Gambas al Ajillo, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Pulpo y Papas, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Pulpo y Papas, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Tiradito de Salmón, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group
Bueno Tiradito de Salmón, image courtesy of SK Hospitality Group

Below Yamasaki, Bueno operates as both restaurant and lounge, entered through a tucked-away sidewalk staircase. Inside is a sweeping lounge with multiple seating areas, an oversized bar in the northwest corner, and a glass-encased private dining room for ten. The main dining room, separated from the lounge by the building's original bank vault door, seats 180 in merlot-toned banquettes, its walls lined floor-to-ceiling with the original brass safety deposit boxes used by the bank's early-20th-century clients. Song's menu runs through tiradito de salmón, atún tartar con chipotle, ceviche de pescado blanco, chicharrón de bacalao negro, short rib empanadas, wild mushroom and truffle croquetas, tacos in hand-pressed tortillas, and entrées including magret de pato, mojo sea bass and salmon Cubano. Of-age guests are sent off with a complimentary alcohol-based cotton candy.

The building's early-1900s bank origins run through both spaces, from the vault door at Bueno to the safety deposit boxes lining its walls.

Both restaurants open June 15. Yamasaki serves lunch and dinner Monday through Friday, with weekend service from 11 a.m. and a weekday bar happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m., reservations on OpenTable. Bueno opens daily for dinner from 5:30 to 11 p.m., the bar extending to 1 a.m., reservations on Resy.