The Most Exclusive Restaurant in America
Nick Paumgarten on the chef’s mysterious basement restaurant in Earlton, New York, and its ten-year waiting list.
"I thought, I might die before I get in." — A determined diner's lament about Damon Baehrel, the woodland restaurant booked through 2020 where one man serves as forager, chef, sommelier, waiter, and dishwasher, deriving ingredients from his twelve acres.