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My favorite place is whichever sidewalk is beneath my feet because I am just constantly fascinated by walking and looking and learning. If I've already walked a street five times, then the next five times I walk it looking up, and I learn something about the cornices.
Written by Danny Meyer
When push comes to shove, baseball is one of my favorite things in the world.
Written by Danny Meyer
I feel like not knowing Joe Torre is a hole in my New York experience.
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I've been in love with Washington ever since renting my very first apartment there many years ago while working as a Senate intern.
Written by Danny Meyer
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.
Written by Danny Meyer
Steak and its accompaniments - wine, vegetables, potatoes and generous desserts - is a primal source of pleasure to which many people can relate.
Written by Danny Meyer
Union Square Cafe is all soul, not brain.
Written by Danny Meyer
Use your time well. Everyone gets time equally. It doesn't matter how much money you make.
Written by Danny Meyer
Life is a series of waves to be embraced and overcome.
Written by Danny Meyer
A great restaurant doesn't distinguish itself by how few mistakes it makes but by how well they handle those mistakes.
Written by Danny Meyer
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.
Written by Danny Meyer
Hospitality knows no gender or race.
Written by Danny Meyer
What you can do is present existing flavors in a fresh way, in a fresh context.
Written by Danny Meyer
A cocktail done right can really show your guests that you care.
Written by Danny Meyer
Festive cocktails mean color, lots of color.
Written by Danny Meyer
People use restaurants to do business, to do politics, to socialize.
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The great thing about capitalism is that it's a system that works.
Written by Danny Meyer
I don't get to cook in my own restaurant.
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I throw 14 parties a week.
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Ninety-five percent of all brussels sprouts come from California.
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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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I grew up in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis. Our idea of Judaism was no bar mitzvahs and a Christmas tree that had a skirt at the bottom embroidered with the names of my grandparents.
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When I was young, I had no choice as to what I was eating.
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If somebody doesn't want to cook at home or has more family members than they have room for, then it's great to be in a city that's got restaurants that are actually busy on the holidays.
Written by Danny Meyer
I couldn't sit in a chair in an office all day.
Written by Danny Meyer
My dad gave me the gene to enjoy cooking, and to enjoy consuming good food and wine.
Written by Danny Meyer
There are a zillion variables to a hamburger. What part of the animal went into it. What coarseness. What temperature.
Written by Danny Meyer
How can you franchise hospitality?
Written by Danny Meyer
You cannot open a major New York restaurant today and not be aware that showbiz will play a role.
Written by Danny Meyer
Museums are like sports stadiums, hotels and hospitals: they are in the category of captive-audience dining.
Written by Danny Meyer

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