Danny Meyer
Danny Meyer
Daniel "Danny" Meyeris a New York City restaurateur and the Chief Executive Officer of the Union Square Hospitality Group...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth14 March 1958
CountryUnited States of America
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Whole Foods has been brilliant at changing the way food is produced because they just won't buy it if it doesn't meet their standards.
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London has become one of the great world destinations for someone who likes food.
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The only thing I hate is when bad food is paraded as something great, and people are charging a lot for it.
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The cooking standards for Italian food are less demanding than for French. All you need are some fried mozzarella and five pastas, and you're in business.
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I think that any business that thinks that the transaction is 'you give me money and I give you food, next, you give me money and I give you food, next,' without understanding that people deeply want to feel restored is in danger.
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There are three things that people pick up on the instant they walk into your home on Thanksgiving. They will be able to feel the human energy. They'll smell the food. And they will see, instantly, the table.
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My dad gave me the gene to enjoy cooking, and to enjoy consuming good food and wine.
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People who have come to appreciate well-sourced and well-cooked food refuse to pay too much for food that they wouldn't want to pay anything for.
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Essentially what's going to determine how you succeed in New York is how people feel about the space, how delicious the food is, how they perceive the value and, most important of all, how they feel treated. My understanding is Stephen Starr is exceptionally good at all of this and his ability to create a transporting experience.
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I think that more and more and more really talented restauranteurs and chefs from the fine dining world are going to try their hand at fine casual. They're going to say, 'Why not us?'
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I run in London, in San Francisco - any city that's got a waterfront or park.
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Restaurants with small courses that give the customer choices, and that don't obligate them to spend a fortune, are going to do very well.
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Restaurants and chefs have become followed by such a broad swath of the public, in a way that used to be reserved for sports stars, movie stars, and theater actors. Restaurants are in the firmament of today's common culture.
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Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate.