Chapeau! has decided to take Foie Gras off the menu (WOW)

[Guest guest]

Today at 5:00pm, the Owner and the staff confirmed with me, they will

not sell Foie Gras.

 

The owner will finish off a week's worth of supply, and then it will

be permanently gone from the menu. The owner said please tell

everyone there's no need for a protest. He is aware of the cruelty

in the force feeding of ducks.

 

Another reason I got him to stop, I said truthfully, people are crazy

about his onion soup. His Foie Gras is an appetizer which people

don't need.

 

I will monitor on a WEEKLY basis to make sure he will stop serving

Foie Gras permanently.

 

Can someone who's in charge of the demo and call Pierre to thank

him. It will also confirm the agreement there will be peace.

 

Chapeau!- 1408 Clement St SF

 

Thank you , I'm so happy of the results.

 

DOes anyone want me to talk to Aqua?, if I can helps in any way.

 

I already left a message with

 

Bite Back Vegan Society

> 925 788 8296 (PST)

 

, Kate Danaher <kdanaher@e...> wrote:

> Paris Harvey <bitebackvegan>

> Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:36:55 -0700 (PDT)

> Aqua Demo yesterday- Owners, police, bullhorn!

>

> Hey yesterday's 3rd of these weekly demonstrations in front of Aqua

> yesterday was hot! It is an excellant location and lots of

passersby!

>

> Richard and I began with just leafletting with posters. The owners

came out

> to mark their territory...we marked ours...A police car pulls

up ..a very

> nice cop. " wondered what you are here for " . It was obvious Aqua

called them.

> I handed him a leaflet. Richard handed him his 2 pieces of great

comments

> both from himself and the Commission of Animal Control and Welfare

> (condeming foie gras) (Great work Richard!!!).

>

> I kept leafletting the cop just went to his car and rested..and

listened as

> I continued to verbalize that " 14 other countries and states have

banned the

> use of foie gras and many restaurarnts in the Bay Area...go to

> nofoiegras.org and see why, etc " without a bull horn. (I repeated

the

> website address at least 50 times during the 2 hour demo)

> Next another cop car pulls up, and another. they all milled around

with the

> owners in and out and struts here and there. Richard and I were

undaunted!

> Eventualy all but 1 car pulled away as we continued our protest...

>

> Kimberleys bus finally got her to us WITH THE BULL HORN! (by the

way BART

> was excellant. Get off at the Embarcadero stop and walk around the

corner! I

> took it all the way from Pleasant Hill).

> I immediately began expounding on the attrocities of foie

gras...mentioning

> all the other restaurants that are serving it and also

congratulating loudly

> those that have pledged not to in the Bay ARea (SF Hilton and

Jardeniere are

> just 2). I detailed how " ...the tube is shoved down their throats,

until

> their liver is 10 times it's normal size... " ,and walked the, now

gathering

> passersby, even across the street, through the torturous process of

how foie

> gras is made " ...and then placed on Aquas plate...yes their is

blood on

> Aqua's plate " ...all loudly through the bull horn! This went on for

at least

> an hour or more...many people started actually asking for the

leaflets.

> Mr Persais...Manager (remember him from my face to face with him

during my

> " Walk Out " ) comes out at one point with his hands in the air asking

for

> mercy to the cop..that I think he woke from his nap as if to

say " what can

> you do about this... "

> They were entirely at a loss...We were allowed to stay there the

entire

> time! We even stayed longer than planned!

> The bull horn is defintiely a must at these demos...Each time the

front door

> was opened I casually made sure my horn was directed at the dorr so

the

> diners could hear me even more so. Anybody want to donate one to the

> cause... I am boring Kimberleys.

>

> The next Aqua Demo..will be Sat 9/18 at 5:30 PM. this will be the

1st time

> we do the Saturday night Dinner crowd ...should be good!! So all

those that

> have stated they can't do week/work days..here is your chance! NO

PARKING IN

> THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT!!! take BART or bus. Well maybe Sat is

ok...??

>

> Other foie gras demos:

> Fri-9/17 Chapeau-5PM 1408 Clement St SF

> Sat- 9/25 French Laundry 12PM 6640 Washington St Yountville

>

> For any of these demos call 925 788 8296 for details, directions or

> carpool....OR JUST SHOW UP WITH OR WITHOUT FOIE GRAS LEAFLETS!!!

Also go to

> bitebackvegan Calendar for more events and details.

> Pea's and love,

> Paris

>

> Paris Harvey Join us for a demo at San Francisco City Hall Steps

Fri 10/1

> 12-2 & 4-6. (not 10/2!) voice your hottest cruelty issue on the

bull horn,

> banners, posters, props...media!

> Bite Back Vegan Society

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