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A fixed- price meal at The Lost Kitchen costs $105, before wine and tip, but the price tag hasn’t stopped people from sending heartfelt notes pleading for a table, and posting selfies on social media that show them as they mail in their cards.
Located in Freedom, Maine, it’s one of the most exclusive restaurants in the country. So exclusive, that it’s almost impossible to even get a reservation . According to the Washington Post, the only way to get reservations at The Lost Kitchen (when they ran the story last year) is by sending a pen-to-paper notecard.
She’d been married since 2006 to a Belfast boatbuilder, Todd French, and the two were living in Belfast, raising her eight-year-old son from a previous relationship. With her 20s behind her, French suddenly felt a pressure to make her mark, and the place she felt most comfortable doing it was in the kitchen.
Erin French
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Call at least a week in advance. Some popular places are booked even earlier, sometimes as much as a month or two before big events. Holidays may be booked a year in advance. You may want to call the day before to confirm your reservation .