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Krista Kern Desjarlais is relaunching The Purple House (website, instagram) with a new menu and concept on December 18th. The North Yarmouth restaurant will be open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays serving multi-course “fancy luncheon” with a menu (sample menu) that will feature dishes influenced by her time in Paris and Rome tied together with seasonal Maine ingredients. Dishes will be accompanied with nonalcoholic pairing. Customers will also have the option to BYOB wines of their choice.
With regard to the menu, Desjarlais shared,
Fancy lunch will feature a mix of individually plated dishes as well as family style with cheese, multiple desserts and sweet treats to round out the experience. And to accompany the food there will be a non alcoholic pairing selected from producers throughout the world. Lunch is the perfect time to explore non alcoholic ciders and wine alternatives. Lots of fun flavor profiles to taste without needing a nap before you drive home! There are many wine makers in Europe as well as Quebec and a few in the United States who are exploring producing terroir driven non alcoholic beverages that are delicious and interesting for pairing with foods.
The Purple House will be serving a 3+ course lunch on Thursdays and Fridays, with an indulgent 5+ course meal available on Saturdays. There will have a single seating of the 8-person table each day.
Tickets are now on sale for dates in December, January and February with dates in March and April to be released in early 2026.
Desjarlais got her start in the late 1980s cooking at The Elms in Westbrook, and after many years working in leading restaurants in New York, Paris and Las Vegas returned to Maine in the early 2000s. She operated her first solo venture, the acclaimed pocket-sized restaurant Bresca, from 2007 to 2013. Desjarlais then went on to launch her seasonal lakeside ice cream shack Bresca and the Honey Bee in 2014, and The Purple House in 2016. Desjarlais was a Beard Awards nominee in 2011 for her work at Bresca, and again in 2020 for The Purple House as well as a awards semifinalist five additional times in the Best Chef: Northeast category.