(Palo Alto, CA) — A world famous chef is rethinking plans to open a restaurant in the Bay Area. Jose Andres signed a lease with Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto last May. The lease included the requirement for gas connections and the shopping center spent one-hundred-twenty-thousand-dollars to install a gas line. This all happened before a new building code came out that prohibits natural gas connections in all new buildings as California tries to phase out natural gas. Andres’ lawyer says “without a gas connection, the restaurant would be forced to alter its signature five-star menu” and if his restaurant can’t cook with gas, he doesn’t want to go through with the project.
Ban gas stoves? The Great Chef Jose Andres not good with that.
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