Through the years: Food at Yutaka in Dallas

The restaurant opened in 2006 in Uptown Dallas. It closed in 2023 and its owner and namesake, Yutaka Yamato, plans to move home to Japan.

8:00 AM on Aug 31, 2023 CDT

[7/7] Sayori (halfbeak) photographed at Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

[1/7] Sashimi from the "sushi tour of Japan" specials menu at Yutaka Sushi Bistro on Dec. 4, 2014. Shime saba (cured mackerel) is on left, arctic char on right.(Leslie Brenner / Staff)

[2/7] Chef Yutaka Yamato poses for a photograph at his Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas on March 25, 2015.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

[3/7] A Toro Roll at Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas, Texas November 7, 2015.(Nathan Hunsinger / Staff Photographer)

[4/7] Hotaru Ika (baby whale squid) confit with cold somen noodle photographed at Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas on March 25, 2015.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

[5/7] An assortment of sushi at Yutaka Sushi Bistro.(Rex C. Curry)

[6/7] Chef Yutaka Yamato prepares a sashimi special at Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas on March 25, 2015.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

[7/7] Sayori (halfbeak) photographed at Yutaka Sushi Bistro in Dallas.(Rose Baca / Staff Photographer)

[1/7] Sashimi from the "sushi tour of Japan" specials menu at Yutaka Sushi Bistro on Dec. 4, 2014. Shime saba (cured mackerel) is on left, arctic char on right.(Leslie Brenner / Staff)