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My staff's job is to adjust to circumstances with technical precision and artful grace so that every patron has a wonderful experience. — Danny Meyer

When I was young, I had no choice as to what I was eating. — Danny Meyer

You cannot open a major New York restaurant today and not be aware that showbiz will play a role. — Danny Meyer

I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience. — Danny Meyer

Restaurants are like kids. You hope you understand their innate gifts, and then you let them realize their aspirations. — Danny Meyer

Service is how product is delivered - the technical aspect. — Danny Meyer

It's always imperative to improve and to remain dynamic - or you'll become lunch, as opposed to serving it. — Danny Meyer

I just think the best way for me to be greedy is long-term greedy. — Danny Meyer

I don't get to cook in my own restaurant. — Danny Meyer

There are a zillion variables to a hamburger. What part of the animal went into it. What coarseness. What temperature. — Danny Meyer

Every restaurant needs to have a point of view. — Danny Meyer

I never get sick on airplanes, which is incredible. You're basically in a flying petri dish. — Danny Meyer

Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome. — Danny Meyer

I couldn't sit in a chair in an office all day. — Danny Meyer

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. — Danny Meyer

London has become one of the great world destinations for someone who likes food. — Danny Meyer

A delicious meal cooked by a colleague for many others nourishes not only the body but also the soul. — Danny Meyer

Ninety-five percent of all brussels sprouts come from California. — Danny Meyer

Hospitality is almost impossible to teach. It's all about hiring the right people. — Danny Meyer

How can you franchise hospitality? — Danny Meyer

People use restaurants to do business, to do politics, to socialize. — Danny Meyer

One of my great teachers was the late Jean-Claude Vrinat of Taillevent in Paris. — Danny Meyer

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. — Danny Meyer

A cocktail done right can really show your guests that you care. — Danny Meyer

If you develop a dialogue with me and take an interest in me, I'll want to give you the business. It's human nature. — Danny Meyer

At the base level, a burger is a piece of meat and a bun with something on it. It's simple but it seems to make a lot of people happy. — Danny Meyer

More and more, museums will look at restaurants and chefs differently - as if they are curating art. — Danny Meyer

I adore going to a very, very fancy restaurant - as long as the spirit is genuine, like it's their pleasure to welcome you. — Danny Meyer

You can't let challenges argue you out of doing what you know is the right thing. — Danny Meyer

Hospitality knows no gender or race. — Danny Meyer

At my restaurants, we have training drills before every meal. We talk about what we did yesterday that was great and what we can improve today. — Danny Meyer

Union Square Cafe is all soul, not brain. — Danny Meyer

A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes. — Danny Meyer

I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ago while working as a Senate intern. — Danny Meyer

The great thing about capitalism is that it's a system that works. — Danny Meyer

Festive cocktails mean color, lots of color. — Danny Meyer

What you can do is present existing flavors in a fresh way, in a fresh context. — Danny Meyer

Wearing a baseball cap or sleeveless shirt in a white-tablecloth restaurant is rude and makes other diners upset, just like someone on a cellphone. — Danny Meyer

Today, it's almost the outlier if people are not photographing what they ate and then sharing that in real time. — Danny Meyer

I run in London, in San Francisco - any city that's got a waterfront or park. — Danny Meyer

I don't think there's going to be sustainable demand for restaurants that force you to spend hours there. — Danny Meyer

Constant, gentle pressure is my preferred technique for leadership, guidance, and coaching. — Danny Meyer

Hospitality exists when you believe that the other person is on your side. — Danny Meyer

My dad gave me the gene to enjoy cooking, and to enjoy consuming good food and wine. — Danny Meyer

'Fine casual' means taking the cultural priorities that fine dining, at its best, believes in. — Danny Meyer

Comfort food is absolutely moving upscale. — Danny Meyer

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. — Danny Meyer

Use your time well. Everyone gets time equally. It doesn't matter how much money you make. — Danny Meyer

The only thing I hate is when bad food is paraded as something great, and people are charging a lot for it. — Danny Meyer

Diners are upset that restaurants aren't honoring reservations, and a lot of restaurants help bring this on by overbooking. — Danny Meyer

Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining. — Danny Meyer

Good service means never having to ask for anything. — Danny Meyer

I gasp for air if I don't get to breathe Italian air once a year. — Danny Meyer

Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate. — Danny Meyer