Setting the Table
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Setting the Table

by Danny Meyer

2006•Biography•336 pages

Taste attributes: biographydocumentarybusinessslowfresh & originalwholesomeheavyrealisticlinearglossyemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthrags to riches

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Boxlist takeGrounded and inventive: a slow-paced biography. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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About This Book

In October 1985, at age twenty-seven, Danny Meyer, with a good idea and scant experience, opened what would become one of New York City's most revered restaurants—Union Square Cafe. Little more than twenty years later, Danny is the CEO of one of the world's most dynamic restaurant organizations, which includes eleven unique dining establishments, each at the top of its game. How has he done it?

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

BiographyDocumentaryBusinessEmpowerment/personal growthRags to riches

Subjects

BusinessNonfictionRestaurant managementRestaurateurs, biography

Details

Author
Danny Meyer
Published
2006
Pages
336
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