Leftaurant is coming to Wilmington

WILMINGTON- Celebrated Instagram food critic and failed entrepreneur Lincoln “Lefty” Des Gauche has announced plans to open an exclusive eatery catering to left-handed diners in Wilmington village.
Des Gauche says has been looking for a location for his concept restaurant for several years.  On a recent visit to Wilmington, he was thrilled to find an almost turnkey restaurant building – but it was the building’s location on the left bank of the Deerfield River that sealed the deal.  
Located in the former Cask & Kiln building, Des Gauche’s “Leftaurant” will not only serve foods created for the left-handed, it will serve them on their exclusive left-handed dinnerware, and all place settings will use their exclusive left-handed utensils.  “For a left-handed person, trying to eat with a right-handed knife and fork on a right-handed plate can be a really messy challenge,” Des Gauch, said. 
The Leftaurant’s main dishes will be served in a “dutchie,” a Jamaican cooking vessel that must be passed from the left hand side.  
The focus on lefty comfort extends even to the restaurant’s drinking vessels, which include left-handed coffee cups, tumblers, and stemware.  But Des Gauche said the pride and joy of the restaurant bar are his left-handed beer mugs, from which diners can quaff pints of Lucky Lefty’s Luscious Lager.  Unlike typical right-hander beer mugs, these beer mugs have a handle on the left side of the mug, which means left-handed drinkers won’t have to reach around to the “wrong” side of the mug and risk spilling their beverage when they take a sip.  
“I had these made by a left-handed glass blower in Maine,” Des Gauche said.  “Few people know it, but Maine has the highest percentage of left-handed people in the United States.”
Aside from the Leftaurant’s traditional fine dining, the left-handed kids menu features old-fashioned children’s classics, such as left-handed hamburgers, left-handed hot dogs, and macaroni and cheese.  “All of our macaroni is made with a left-hand curve, unlike most national brands,” he said. “And if you’re a left-hander and have ever struggled to eat a right-handed hot dog in a right-handed bun, you’ll be amazed at how easy it is to eat one of our dogs.”
Des Gauche’s last business venture attempted to introduce left-hand drive cars from the US and Europe to drivers in Great Britain and Ireland, where right-hand drive cars are the norm.  The business failed without selling a single vehicle.