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‘You Chill, We Grill’: Former Councilman’s East Bay home BBQ business boosted by pandemic, new home-kitchen business law
Lee Thomas has been perfecting his grilling and barbecue techniques since his time in college.
And while he admits he “burned a lot of barbecue” in those days,
Inside one of the Bay Area’s first legal home restaurants
Kristen Murakoshi/Special to The Chronicle Saturday marked the grand opening of Lee Thomas’ first restaurant. He got up at 6 a.m. to bake blueberry corn muffins. He then moved on to barbecuing 46 pounds of tri-tip, pork butt and sausages. And he did it all barefoot, cooking out of his San Leandro home.