1. Daniel Meyer was born on March 14,1958 and is a New York City restaurateur and the founder and executive chairman of the Union Square Hospitality Group.
19 Facts About Danny Meyer
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Danny Meyer's father was the president of a travel, hospitality and real estate company in St Louis.
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Danny Meyer's grandfather was Chicago businessman and philanthropist, Irving B Harris.
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Danny Meyer attended John Burroughs School and as a child, Meyer attended Camp Nebagamon for boys in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin.
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Danny Meyer was a Brother of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity while at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Danny Meyer gained his first restaurant experience in 1984 as an assistant manager at Pesca, an Italian seafood restaurant in the Flatiron District of New York City.
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Danny Meyer then returned to Europe to study cooking as a culinary stagiaire in Italy and Bordeaux, France.
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In 1985, at age 27, Danny Meyer opened his first restaurant, Union Square Cafe.
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That same year, Danny Meyer participated in a documentary called "The Restaurateur".
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In 2015, Danny Meyer announced that he would eliminate tipping at all of his restaurants.
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Danny Meyer co-wrote The Union Square Cafe Cookbook with his business partner, Chef Michael Romano.
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Danny Meyer wrote The New York Times bestseller Setting the Table, which examines the power of hospitality in restaurants, business, and life.
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In May 2009, Danny Meyer's restaurants released a cocktail cookbook, Mix Shake Stir featuring 140 recipes, along with tips, anecdotes and photography.
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Danny Meyer has served on the boards of Share Our Strength and City Harvest.
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Danny Meyer was interviewed by Reid Hoffman on the Masters of Scale podcast, where he talked about how he ignored conventional wisdom to revolutionize the restaurant industry.
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Danny Meyer appeared on The Ringer's House of Carbs Podcast, where he presented his Washington DC establishment "Maialino Mare" and talked about his career in hospitality.
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Danny Meyer talked food, love and business on the Gary Vee Audio Experience Podcast.
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In 1988, Danny Meyer married Audrey Rayelyn Heffernan in an interfaith Roman Catholic and Jewish service at Unitarian Church of All Souls in Manhattan.
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Danny Meyer has a daughter, Hallie Meyer, who founded Caffe Panna, an ice cream shop in New York City.