If it seems to you like the rich, moneyed, well-connected progressives who control our society want to deny you everything enjoyable in your life while greedily holding onto those same enjoyable things themselves, well, I've got news for you: You are correct.
A California city will make an exception to its natural gas ban for world-famous chef José Andrés, after the landlords for the chef's planned restaurant warned Andrés may pull out over the regulation.
After the owners of the mall where Andrés is set to open the restaurant threatened to sue the city, Palo Alto administrators will allow Andrés's Mediterranean restaurant Zaytinya to use natural gas lines, despite a new law this year that bans them in construction.
A lawyer for the controlling real estate firm says the restaurant depends on "traditional cooking methods that require gas appliances to achieve its signature, complex flavors."
Which, sure, that's fair. Mediterranean cooking is some of the most technically complex and intensive food on the planet. It needs high-end equipment and techniques to come out good. You can't blame them for wanting the best.
It's just...can't the rest of us have the best, too? Can't we all just have the best? Can't everybody have the best stuff instead of it being limited to just a small cabal of elites?
The city, meanwhile, said the restaurant "should be able to proceed with gas service consistent with the long-established project plans" which began in 2019. They dubbed the exception a "one-off" bending of the rules.
