San Francisco Mayor’s Restaurants Stop Selling Foie Gras
Tony Kushner, in his astonishing two-part play, Angels in America, describes San Francisco as “unspeakably beautiful.” Foie gras, on the other hand, is unspeakably horrible. So something seemed amiss when we heard that foie gras was still being sold at a Bay Area café chain called PlumpJack (named after another theatrical figure, Shakespeare’s Falstaff), founded and co-owned by San Fran Mayor Gavin Newsom.
As you might expect, we got in touch with Newsom’s office to say that we’d been hearing from concerned folks. We let Hizzoner know that we were sure that once the issue was brought to his attention, he would want to make sure that PlumpJack pulls the foie gras—especially in light of the impending statewide ban and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors’ resolution supporting restaurants that shun foie gras.
Long story short, we got a quick call back from Newsom’s sister—herself a vegetarian—assuring us that they’ve pulled foie gras from all their restaurants. Apparently, it was supposed to have been phased out years ago, but somehow it crept back in, so she thanked us for bringing it back to their attention.
No problem, Newsom clan. Thank you for being so ducky to ducks.
Written by Jeff Mackey
