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Gramercy Tavern's launch caused Union Square Cafe's first Zagat rating decline
“So I opened Gramercy Tavern, and the very first year that it opened, we got horrible reviews. Union Square Cafe, for the first time ever, dropped in the Zagat survey.”
Danny Meyer Mar 24, 2023 ▶ 17:17 Shake Shack's Danny Meyer: When to ignore conventional wisdom | Masters of Scale
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Meyer: Union Square Cafe succeeded by reading guests' emotional states
“I had this ability from the beginning to figure out how people were feeling, and to figure out what it was gonna take, whether it was gonna be via food, or alcohol, or caffeine, or remembering their favorite table, whatever it was gonna take. I had a desire an…”
Danny Meyer Mar 24, 2023 ▶ 9:15 Shake Shack's Danny Meyer: When to ignore conventional wisdom | Masters of Scale
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