Foie gras ban overturned in ChicagoFoie gras ban overturned in Chicago

CHICAGO The Chicago City Council on Wednesday repealed its ban on the sale of foie gras at restaurants and elsewhere in the city. By a vote of 37-6, the council overturned the ban, which had received worldwide ridicule in food circles.

Mayor Richard M. Daley brought a bill to repeal the ban, which had been languishing in committee, to the floor for a vote at the urging of Alderman Thomas Tunney, who co-owns Ann Sather’s restaurants here.

Last year, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Illinois Restaurant Association that challenged the ban.

Some white tablecloth restaurateurs here, including Didier Durand of Cyrano’s Bistrot & Wine Bar, who grew up in France’s leading foie gras-producing region, are planning celebrations to mark the occasion.