In his 3rd @mastersofscale #RapidResponse, restaurateur @dhmeyer takes us on a searingly personal journey, through the pain of renewed layoffs, the start-and-stop innovations in kitchens, the fragile hope that keeps him and his team pressing ahead. http://listen.mastersofscale.com/RRMeyerIII_RS
"It was deja vu." That's how Danny Meyer @dhmeyer says the late 2020 pandemic wave hit @USHGNYC and iconic NYC outposts like @GramercyTavern. @mastersofscale #RapidResponse
"We're just trying to make it to the other side," @dhmeyer tells me on @mastersofscale #RapidResponse. "We'll do anything to get back into business." @USHGNYC
On The Calzone Project: "Whoever wrote the rule that we can't create our own virtual brand within one of our kitchens?" On closing the original Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard: "I shed tears over this." @dhmeyer on @mastersofscale #RapidResponse
"If you look at the US economy, the only sector that has completely lagged is restaurants. If we want to see our economy back, restaurants have to be a leading edge." -- @dhmeyer of @USHGNYC via @mastersofscale #RapidResponse
We need new models, new approaches -- creativity, flexibility, openness, honesty, says @dhmeyer of @USHGNYC via @mastersofscale #RapidResponse
"We see the light at the end of the tunnel," @dhmeyer contends. "People cannot wait to get back in restaurants." @USHGNYC @mastersofscale #RapidResponse
"When we do come back, we're going to be a different company, a better company, a far more diverse and inclusive company"-- @dhmeyer @USHGNYC via @mastersofscale #RapidResponse http://listen.mastersofscale.com/RRMeyerIII_RS