Wednesday, March 17, 2010

“Breakfast with Danny Meyer”

June 27, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under People

Thank you to Tammy Golson for a nice write up in her blog about our recent “Breakfast with Danny Meyer” event at Tabla (see photo of Danny, my colleague Trish Rubin and my favorite dentist Bob Sorin…courtesy of Veronique Verscheure)
Yesterday I heard Danny Meyer speak about hospitality. He was asked about food, restaurants and customer [...]

Digital Media Conference East

June 18, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Events & Shows, Rants & Raves

If you are in the DC area and are unable to make to our Danny Meyer event on June 25th I would recommend this event…not only because of the topic and the speakers, but one of our good friends, Limor Schafman, is involved.
On June 25th, the Digital Media Conference East (http://www.digitalmediaconference.com/east/) is taking place at [...]

Danny Meyer: To Open “Public Fare” in Central Park this month

June 3, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under People

Timing is everything! As many of you know, our next event, “Breakfast with Danny Meyer” is scheduled for Thursday June 25th. Ironically I just received the following press release about Danny’s newest venture you might find of interest.
from BroadwayWorld.com
Hudson Yards (HY), the catering and events business from Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG), is [...]

Mets Beat Yankees in food offerings at new ball parks

May 29, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Rants & Raves

OK…full disclosure here…I am a huge Mets Fan (have been my whole life) and producing with Danny Meyer on a series of breakfast events, the first of which “Breakfast with Danny Meyer” is scheduled for June 25th.
That said, there have been some interesting articles about the food service at both the new Yankee Stadium and  [...]

Danny Meyer: The Future of the Restaurant Business

May 23, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under People

If you’ve been attending our events or have been reading our weekly newsletter you know that we have formed an alliance with Danny Meyer, CEO of The Union Square Hospitality Group, on a series of breakfast events. The first one, on June 25th, will feature Danny himself in an event we are calling “Breakfast with [...]

My First Visit to Citi Field

April 18, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under Industry News

Last night was one of those “once in a lifetime” experiences for me…it was my first visit to CitiField thanks to my friend Mark Weintraub.
I could tell as I arrived things were not going to be the same. First of all…where once stood Shea Stadium (for over 40 years) was a pile of rubble…literally. Then [...]

Robert Raciti to appear on WSJ Insight Exchange Panel on March 12th

March 2, 2009 by Bill Sobel  
Filed under People

I am pleased to announce that our good friend, NY:MIEG advisor and charter FOBS, Robert Raciti will be part of an exciting panel next week hosted by the Wall Street Journal as part of their “Insight Exchange” a business owners breakfast series.
On March 12th, Journal Editor, Wendy Bounds, will host a panel of some of [...]