V oktyabre 1985 goda, v vozraste 27 let, imeya lish ogromnoye zhelaniye i vesma skromnyy opyt, Denni Meyer otkryl v Nyu-Yorke svoy pervyy restoran Union Square Cafe, stavshiy vposledstvii znamenitym na ves mir. Seychas Meyer - izvestnyy restorator, uspeshnyy biznesmen, rukovoditel krupneyshey seti restoranov v SShA. «Radushiye - vot osnovnoy retsept uspekha moikh restoranov i moyego biznesa», - govorit sam Denni Meyer. Svoi pervyye kulinarnyye opyty Denni Meyer nachal provodit yeshche v detstve, v lagere v Severnom Viskonsine. On yezdil tuda shest let podryad i nauchilsya tam gotovit na otkrytom ogne. A v 12 let poluchil vysshuyu nagradu lagerya za uspekhi v kulinarii. Vernuvshis v Sent-Luis, on nachal gotovit dlya svoikh druzey. Banalnomu, davno vsem izvestnomu blyudu on mog pridat sovershenno neuznavayemyy vkus, dobaviv kakoy-nibud sous, tut zhe im samim i pridumannyy. Protsess prigotovleniya pishchi stal yego khobbi, zakhvatil yego tak, chto v desyatom klasse on reshil brat uroki kulinarii na domu. Postepenno uvlecheniye kulinariyey stalo prevrashchatsya v nechto bolsheye, chem prosto khobbi. 2003 godu, pochti cherez 20 let posle otkrytiya svoyego pervogo restorana v Nyu-Yorke, Denni Meyer smenil karyeru restoratora na karyeru glavnogo ispolnitelnogo direktora kompanii Union Square Hospitality Group. Tsel upravlyayushchey kompanii USHG - vsestoronnyaya podderzhka i razvitiye tekh restoranov, kotoryye uzhe otkryty Denni Meyerom i yego kompanonami, i tekh, chto budut otkryty v budushchem.
