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john meadow
Co-founder and Principal
LDV Hospitality
"My dream as a little boy was to own the
Plaza Hotel one day," remembers Californiaborn, Connecticut-bred John Meadow.
"I always was a helpless romantic for the
perceived nostalgia of romance that is the
restaurant industry."
Meadow's love affair stemmed
from watching his Italian "Old World
preservationist" architect grandfather, who
designed many public spaces including the
Delacorte Theater in New York's Central Park.
"I was always intrigued by community as driven
by the sense of urban public," he says. "Not so
much urban planning, but how we interact
within communities from a social perspective.
A restaurant struck me as a spectacular
opportunity to create a sense of community."

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After graduating from the Cornell
School of Hotel Administration, Meadow's
dream came partially true: He became the
F&B manager for the iconic Plaza Hotel
in New York, spending most of his time
working in the Oak Room. But after two
years there, he realized it wasn't his calling.
"I had the entrepreneurial bug to create,
and I realized small business would be my
greatest opportunity."
He scraped together as much money as
he could and in 2004 opened his first bar,
Local West in Midtown. He followed that
with the 2006 debut of Gin Lane restaurant
in the Meatpacking District. "Although
it was a miserable failure, Gin Lane was
my first example of taking the Oak Room

and doing the new version of that on my
terms-capturing the spirit of old New York
and bringing it to life today," he says, adding
that his classic personal taste was born from
watching his grandfather put on a suit and
tie on Sundays to go in the elevator "because
you never know who you'd see."
Fast-forward a decade, and Meadow
has crafted a portfolio of 24 restaurants and
bars under the umbrella LDV Hospitality
(which stands for La Dolce Vita) with a
similar sensibility. There's Italian restaurant
Scarpetta by chef Scott Conant in New York,
Miami Beach, Beverly Hills, and Las Vegas;
Azure that captures the spirit of the Riviera
with chef Alain Allegretti in Atlantic
City; and No. 8 restaurant and lounge in



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Radical Innovation in Hospitality Award
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Products
Emma Gardner
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IIDA/HD Product Design Competition
Lighting
HD Americas Preview
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Keynote Speaker
Conference Highlights
The Power of Story
Ad Index
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