Danny Meyer Quotes

Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.

If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?

When I'm dining out privately, I tend to avoid fine-dining venues; I like things to feel casual.

Even in fine-dining restaurants, you have people that say 'I want to be out in half hour', 'I want to be out in 45 minutes.' It happens.

I think America would do anything through a drive-through.

In one respect, it's easier to open a restaurant in New York because you get more media attention than anywhere else. Almost everyone will try a new place once, irrespective of the reviews, because it's a spectator sport.

I like being the people's champion when it comes to dining.

I love restaurants from top to bottom.

Subway is a real point of pride. We have influenced the way people eat.

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

You have to think of a restaurant as a series of impressions. But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant.

We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.

I opened Union Square Cafe when I was just 27 years old, and my first hope was simply that it would stay in business. My higher hope was that in its lifetime, it might grow to play an essential role in the lives of its stakeholders.

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.

I'm an online shopper, so that's what I do in my free time. A lot of online shopping, and I just like to see new styles and new people.

The great mystery to me is how restaurant critics think they can get away with doing their job without anybody noticing who they are.

I'm the voice of a Chipotle Burrito. The world has changed.

My first thing was a McDonald's commercial.

I want to reshape fast food in America.

I do love a good salad, so Sweetgreen has been great. But my favorite Cambridge restaurant overall is Darwin's - that's the greatest restaurant of all time.

The idea behind fast food is great - people want convenience.

I started Chipotle with the idea to create an experience that's fast - and not fast food.

The bottom line - customers want delicious food served quickly in an interactive format, and they are increasingly unwilling to compromise.

When I used to work at Friday's, in a restaurant, that endless appetizer, that was my worst enemy as a server. Oh my god.

I don't have the talent, the temperament, or the patience to be a great chef. I'd much rather order from someone who can really do it. I love restaurants. They make my life better.