Danny Meyer: If you want to be unvaccinated, 'you can dine somewhere else'

[Nevilledog]

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Famed restaurateur Danny Meyer, who runs top eateries in New York City and Washington DC, is requiring all of his employees and customers to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination

Danny Meyer: If you want to be unvaccinated, 'you can dine somewhere else'
Danny Meyer, restaurateur and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, is requiring his employees and all customers at his restaurants to prove that they've been vaccinated against Covid-19.
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https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/29/business/danny-meyer-vaccines/index.html

New York (CNN) — Danny Meyer, restaurateur and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, is requiring his employees and all customers at his restaurants to prove that they've been vaccinated against Covid-19.

"If you really want to go unvaccinated, you can dine somewhere else, and you can also go work somewhere else," Meyer told CNN's Poppy Harlow Thursday. "I would call this a company policy rather than a mandate," he added.

The policy will go into effect September 7. "We are requiring all guests to show proof they are fully vaccinated," a pop-up notice on the website said, adding, "Our teams are required to be fully vaccinated as well."

Guests will be asked to bring their "physical Covid-19 vaccine card, your New York State Excelsior Pass, your relevant state-provided vaccine pass, or a photo of your vaccination card to share upon arrival," according to the hospitality group's website.

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[PortTack]

1. This is what NEEDS to happen! Some "top" ppl lead the way, not all, but many will follow

[jimfields33]

6. September 7th? Kinda late I'd say.

[smirkymonkey]

2. Hear, hear!

[winstars]

3. "The policy will go into effect September 7'... Thats a long time from now!!!

[brewens]

4. Better bump up staffing dude! Your places are going to be slammed to the walls! I'd think so

anyway. Banning COVID denying, anti-mask, pestilence spreading vermin will help the rest of us feel safer dining at your establishments.

[jimfields33]

7. I mean the more wealthy may take advantage but everyday population

will not be going vaccinated or not. To spend that kind of money on food is not a reality for most.

[Tomconroy]

5. But at Shake Shack, where people actually eat,

No vaccine requirment. What's with that?

[sir pball]

8. They're a public company

They were put on the NYSE in 2015. Made Danny a billionaire.

While all the Union Square Hospitality Group restaurants are legally distinct companies (standard practice with restaurant groups, I think it's for liability reasons), the non-SS ones are all private and can be governed by Danny Meyer fiat; SS would need the board of directors to make the change (I think).

Plus, as you said they're way more hoi-polloi; the vax mandate won't affect the USHG fine dining bottom line, but it would probably make a huge dent in SS's sales.