In the large cities that received new Americans, there flowered a golden age of restaurants, manned by the available talent from abroad and fueled by the restless wealth of the newly rich.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Life in the restaurant business can provide a start in the working world for young people or a stable living for many Americans and their families.
New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
I eventually settled in Washington, where my partners and I have been fortunate to build a restaurant business that now employs thousands of Americans across the country.
People use restaurants to do business, to do politics, to socialize.
I live in New York and I'm in New York basically all the time. I spend a lot of my time in my restaurants, and I feel like that's why they're successful.
America gave me the opportunity to open successful restaurants, start a TV show, and write books. I can even fill an auditorium when I give a speech, which in America is rare for a chef.
New York's food scene is truly unique because it is this wonderful melting pot where immigrants from all over the world have brought with them their cuisines and their ingredients.
By welcoming eager, talented workers, we expand America's potential for growth, and our competitive culture of invention and possibility.
New York, for decades, offered a perpetual series of 'golden ages' to artists. You constantly had to measure yourself against the best, and you had to watch them, which meant that your imagination and also your sense of what the market could stand got very, very sharp.
Like Hollywood movies, MTV and blue jeans, fast food has become one of America's major cultural exports.
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