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Danny Meyer and David Chang built restaurant empires on one shared secret — neither of them thought the food was the hard part.
Noma was named the world's best restaurant multiple times and held three Michelin stars — and then its founder said the business model was unsustainable and shut it down, exposing a structural crisis at the heart of innovation-driven haute cuisine.