we had a CA vacation planned.
while doing SF I thought - "Heh - let's go to the French Laundry!"
so I started on that quest some 5 months ahead of time.
the web didn't work; it was "under construction" for 5 months.
no answer to emails.
no one ever answered the telephone.
sent a USPS letter - no answer, no response, no reaction.
so, so far as I'm concerned the French Laundry aka Thomas Keller simply does not exist.
the man, the legend, has obviously outgrown his britches.