Chicago gulps first foie gras conviction

It is a great day in Chicago, as city officials can place Hot Doug's a Northwest Side hot dog stand on it's conviction trophy case.

Last summer, Ald. Joe Moore, the anti Wal-Mart crusader, pushed through Chicago's City Council a ban on the serving of foie gras--a duck liver delicacy--in all city restaraunts. Before the passage of the bill, it was believed a grand total of a dozen or so eateries were serving foie gras.

Doug Sohn, owner of Hot Doug's pleaded guilty to serving the dish, and he agreed to pay a a $250 fine.

Chicagoans can now sleep peacefully at night--Hot Doug's is now a foie gras-free zone.

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