“We’re eliminating smoking in our restaurants… Twelve years later, it became law in New York City… It didn’t happen that customers left.”

Danny Meyer · Tony Robbins Podcast Daily · The Golden Rule of Hospitality | Tony Robbins Interviews Danny Meyer

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eliminated smoking in all his restaurants in 1990, years before New York City enacted a smoking ban

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“Last year in New York City, 65% of the deals were done without a mortgage. They were cash.”
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“Because it's cheaper, they're actually smoking more. So the excise is totally counter-productive.”
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“We ran toward regulation... we met with California, Nevada, New York, New Jersey... we educated them on the sport, and we started to open up and getting this regulated in all the different cities.”
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“He got New York City to adopt this model and build this model at the level of the city. He got $30 million of funding.”
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Business model $30 million Share this moment

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