[2] Meenan is a fifth-generation New Yorker and a former amateur boxing champion.

Meenan opened New York's first solar powered restaurant, Habana Outpost, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn in 2005.

[1] Meenan is also an investor in the cashmere clothing company The Elder Statesman.

His restaurant Habana Outpost is New York's first solar-powered restaurant and marketplace,[4] employing such eco-friendly elements as a human-powered blender,[6] rainwater harvesting to flush toilets,[7] furniture made of recycled materials, and fully compostable utensils (plates and cups made of potatoes, sugarcane and corn).

[10] Through hands-on programming that spans green architecture, design, community gardens and children’s programs—all celebrating sustainable living—Habana Works provides environmental education and urban study to Brooklyn residents.