José Andrés

But I can't wait to come home. I love it here. I love it here specifically. It's just a wonderful part of the world. Austin is a very cool place. Austin is amazing. It's the perfect size city. I think I talk about it too much so people are moving here too much. I try to hedge my enthusiasm a little bit. I think it's cities can get too big.

And when cities get too big, people become a burden rather than your neighbors and your community. People become, you know, you have this diffusion of responsibility. There's too many people. It's not my problem. Too many people that are in the way. Instead of this is my community. and Austin is not too big. People are friendly, and they're nice, and there's a lot of art here.

And when cities get too big, people become a burden rather than your neighbors and your community. People become, you know, you have this diffusion of responsibility. There's too many people. It's not my problem. Too many people that are in the way. Instead of this is my community. and Austin is not too big. People are friendly, and they're nice, and there's a lot of art here.

And when cities get too big, people become a burden rather than your neighbors and your community. People become, you know, you have this diffusion of responsibility. There's too many people. It's not my problem. Too many people that are in the way. Instead of this is my community. and Austin is not too big. People are friendly, and they're nice, and there's a lot of art here.

There's a lot of music. Now there's a lot of comedy. There's a lot of cool people here, a lot of food. There's a lot of good podcasts too. Yeah, yeah. There's a lot here. Many, many great podcasts come out of Austin now. It's a lot changed. That was one of the good things about the pandemic.

There's a lot of music. Now there's a lot of comedy. There's a lot of cool people here, a lot of food. There's a lot of good podcasts too. Yeah, yeah. There's a lot here. Many, many great podcasts come out of Austin now. It's a lot changed. That was one of the good things about the pandemic.

There's a lot of music. Now there's a lot of comedy. There's a lot of cool people here, a lot of food. There's a lot of good podcasts too. Yeah, yeah. There's a lot here. Many, many great podcasts come out of Austin now. It's a lot changed. That was one of the good things about the pandemic.

A bad thing happened and a lot of good results came out of it where people realized like they don't want to be places that have restrictive governments. And California had a very restrictive government and got a lot worse during the pandemic. But it's the same thing that we were talking about before about power and tyranny, absolute power.

A bad thing happened and a lot of good results came out of it where people realized like they don't want to be places that have restrictive governments. And California had a very restrictive government and got a lot worse during the pandemic. But it's the same thing that we were talking about before about power and tyranny, absolute power.

A bad thing happened and a lot of good results came out of it where people realized like they don't want to be places that have restrictive governments. And California had a very restrictive government and got a lot worse during the pandemic. But it's the same thing that we were talking about before about power and tyranny, absolute power.

That's crazy. That's an insane number.

That's crazy. That's an insane number.

That's crazy. That's an insane number.

Well, I don't know if that number... I know that number. Is it a number?

Well, I don't know if that number... I know that number. Is it a number?

Well, I don't know if that number... I know that number. Is it a number?

Yeah, it's a number. The official number? 70%.

Yeah, it's a number. The official number? 70%.

Yeah, it's a number. The official number? 70%.

Restaurants are one of the hardest business to keep. Right, which is why it's a huge percentage of restaurants closed in the first year. It's like 50%, right? Even a bigger one, I think it's 25%, something like that, that died in the first year or something like that. And only a very small percentage make it past five years.