Bay Area Chefs React to the End of the Foie Gras Ban

Foie gras is not only legal once again in California, it's legal right this very moment. And chefs, restaurants, food critics, and other Bay Area folks are celebrating accordingly. Here are the best reactions from around the Web:

Foie Gras is legal again in California. On the menu tonight. #FoieIsLegal

— Ken Frank (@ChefKenFrank) January 7, 2015

2 years: time of CA foie gras ban. 2 minutes: time between ban's invalidation & 1st restaurant press release shilling a foie tasting menu.

— Rebecca Flint Marx (@EdibleComplex) January 7, 2015

CALI FOIE BAN OVERTURNED . GOOD THING I ALWAYS HAVE IT ANYWAY!!! We have lots of FOIE gras for tonight !! Come get down #dirtyhabitsf

A photo posted by david bazirgan (@bazsf) on Jan 1, 2015 at 1:02pm PST

I have had a "gift" on my menu ever since foie gras was banned. I guess it is time to change the name of the dish. #FoieGras

— Jesse Mallgren (@madronachef) January 7, 2015

Last night we had foie gras, so sad we couldn't in CA, Now! Judge strikes down California foie gras ban — Terra Restaurant (@LissaandHiro) January 7, 2015

Some things are worth waiting for http://t.co/jQKxlDYdEt | pic.twitter.com/tsTbqfn6kL

— humphryslocombe (@humphryslocombe) January 7, 2015

Hey, CA! The federal court just overturned your state court. #FoieGras is legal again! pic.twitter.com/6oPxgoJC1X

— D'Artagnan (@DArtagnanFoods) January 7, 2015

Excited to see pan-seared @HudsonValleyFG #foiegras in our future! http://t.co/BfyVaORdv9

— Bouchon Yountville (@BouchonYV) January 7, 2015

Would love to see Hudson Valley Foie Gras sending an Airbus A380's worth of foie gras from New York to California. Emergency Foie Relief!

— ryan sutton (@qualityrye) January 7, 2015

Foie back like it never left

— WING WINGS (@wingwingssf) January 7, 2015

When is almanac brewing releasing their foie gras beer

— Richie Nakano (@linecook) January 7, 2015

The foie gras ban went into effect five days before I moved to SF. I'm excited about this brave new world we find ourselves in.

— Anna Roth (@annaroth) January 7, 2015

Watching Twitter explode because California struck down a Foie Gras ban is the most San Francisco thing to happen, ever.

— Alex Rafter (@arafter) January 7, 2015

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