V oktyabre 1985 goda, v vozraste 27 let, imeya lish' ogromnoye zhelaniye i ves'ma skromnyy opyt, Denni Meyer otkryl v N'yu-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. Banal'nomu, 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 prevrashchat'sya v nechto bol'sheye, chem prosto khobbi. 2003 godu, pochti cherez 20 let posle otkrytiya svoyego pervogo restorana v N'yu-Yorke, Denni Meyer smenil kar'yeru restoratora na kar'yeru glavnogo ispolnitel'nogo direktora kompanii Union Square Hospitality Group. Tsel' upravlyayushchey kompanii USHG vsestoronnyaya podderzhka i razvitiye tekh restoranov, kotoryye uzhe otkryty Denni Meyerom i yego kompan'onami, i tekh, chto budut otkryty v budushchem.
