Danny Meyer Great Quotations

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.

One great worker equals three not-so-great workers, so it's worth paying terrific people not just for today but to find people that we think have upward mobility to become tomorrow's leaders.

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

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

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

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

When the economy goes sour, there are three different kinds of restaurants that do well: the smaller-scale neighborhood restaurants that don't ask much of you; those that have banked enormous goodwill by offering great value during the boom; and those with proven records of excellence, a sure thing.

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.

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

A great restaurant is one that just makes you feel like you're not sure whether you went out or you came home and confuses you. If it can do both of those things at the same time, you're hooked.