Getting a reservation at Travis Kelce’s new restaurant, 1587 Prime — where, the website reads, “legacy isn’t just honored, it’s transformed into something entirely new,” which translates to “it’s a steakhouse” — was not easy. It’s located in the Loews hotel in downtown Kansas City and was booked solid before it even opened its doors in mid-September, but after three weeks of trying, my editor managed to snag me a last-minute reservation for two. “What if we get a very late, very expensive dinner tomorrow?” I asked my husband, a middle-school teacher who is usually in bed by 9 p.m. The next evening, we had an early-evening snack and took a nap before cosplaying as a couple in a much higher tax bracket.

Now, I think it’s fair to say that Kelce did not open a fancy new restaurant — a par

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