Restaurant and Food Service Blog

With Mayor Richard Daley running the vote, the Chicago City Council on Wednesday repealed its controversial ban on foie gras.

The council voted 37-6 to repeal the two-year-old ban, which critics argued had made Chicago–and the City Council–a national laughingstock.

And this all just in time for one of the biggest food/restaurant parties to take place in just a couple of days – the National Restaurant Association Convention at McCormick Place. How uncanny that Charlie Trotter can now dazzle all the foodies that will be descending on the Windy City.

This whole idea of local municipalities being do-gooders and looking out for our well being is ludicrous.

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