Butterworth's Thumbs Nose at DC Foie Gras Ban

Picture it: a chef on Capitol Hill, apron on, fighting for the right to serve duck liver, while the city that can't keep its streetlights burning thinks ITS big problem is what's on your appetizer plate. The Washington Examiner's Washington Secrets column reports that Butterworth's chef Bart Hutchins built a foie gras tasting menu to oppose Ballot Initiative 86, which would ban the stuff from D.C. menus and stores starting July 2027. Voters decide Tuesday. Pro-Animal Future D.C. calls force-feeding cruel. Hutchins says a ban shouldn't pass on a lopsided ballot vote. Foie gras isn't even produced in D.C., yet the city is one of the biggest U.S. markets for it, and restaurants could face $5,000 fines. The tasting raises money for those restaurants. Somebody check on Washington. It's been licking the fence again.