New ventures fill restaurateur's plate
Restaurateur Danny Meyer is a die hard New York Mets fan, but when his company catered the Major League Baseball All-Star pregame party on Randall's Island last week, he deftly put his loyalties aside.
The 5,000-person fete—where baseball VIPs grazed on pulled pork sliders and chilled shots of peach soup provided by the brand-new sports division of Mr. Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group—was simply too big a chance to pass up...... solely within Manhattan, he is also spreading his wings geographically. Next year he will open a restaurant in Greenwich, Conn.-the first of several planned for outside the city. At the same time, he is moving into the mass market. Two weeks ago, he ...
...Meanwhile, Mr. Swinghamer will be overseeing the opening of more Blue Smoke and Shake Shack restaurants at the expected rate of one each per year. The second Shake Shack will debut on Manhattan's Upper West Side this year.
Next up will be the eatery in Greenwich, which will be officially dubbed the Blue Smoke Chop House.
Mr. Meyer is also open to other possibilities.
"When there's an opportunity that allows me or any of my colleagues to pursue our passions and make money, we will entertain it," he says.
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