Foie gras is the French term for "fatty liver", and the product of extreme animal cruelty. 24 million ducks and geese die in the foie gras industry every year, 500,000 of them in Canada. You can help stop this cruelty by writing or calling these businesses today.

Learn more about foie gras here.

In modern foie gras factory farms, these waterfowl are intensively raised in large, enclosed barns. All of the ducks are male; the female ducks are sometimes discarded after hatching because they do not grow as large as the males and because their livers contain more veins, depending on the hatchery or farm. Hudson Valley Foie Gras, for example, ships their females off to Trinidad to be raised for meat. There is extensive video documentation of female chicks being discarded in garbage cans at hatcheries.

For the last 2-3 weeks of their lives (which is approximately 3 months) the ducks are force-fed a mixture of corn and oil or corn and water. A machine is used to pump the mixture directly into their gullets. It looks a lot like pumping gas. Although foie gras farmers say that this does not harm the ducks, mortality rates on foie gras farms are 20 times that of ordinary duck farms. The ducks' livers swell up to 10 times normal size. On being transferred to slaughter, many of them can barely walk, or even breathe.

Lacerated trachea, fungal and bacterial growth, and blindness – this is the stuff of foie gras farms. Learn more here.

Here in Vancouver there are many restaurants that serve foie gras, ranging from high-end French restaurants to restaurants that otherwise try to serve only local and organic products. Foie gras is definitely not local, and there is no organic foie gras. So why are they serving it?

What you can do

Please contact the following Vancouver businesses and politely tell them that you will not patronize their establishment until they drop foie gras from the menu. Use this link to send an email to all of the establishments listed below that have an email address (using the BCC field). This will only send to the restaurants and shops that have listed email addresses.

Please note, menus at the restaurants rotate from time to time. All of the restaurants on the list either have served foie gras in the recent past or are currently serving foie gras. We will remove them from the list only when we receive confirmation that foie gras will be removed from all future menus.

Download the petition and collect signatures. Please mail completed petition pages to:
Liberation BC
PO Box 14324
Granville Island Post Office
Vancouver, BC V6H 4J6

See our list of restaurants who have already removed foie gras from their menu here!

Vancouver Restaurants/Businesses Currently Selling Foie Gras:

Les Amis du Fromage, Vancouver
1752 West 2nd Avenue
Telephone: 604-732-4218
Fax: 604-736-0460
Toll Free Telephone: 1-877-676-1166
Email: secondavenue@buycheese.com

Les Amis du Fromage, West Vancouver
#518 Park Royal South
Telephone: 604-925-4218
Fax: 604-736-0460

Armando's Finest Meats
#149 - 1689 Johnston St.
Telephone: 604-685-0359

Bacchus Restaurant & Piano Lounge
Wedgewood Hotel & Spa
845 Hornby Street
Toll-Free (Canada/USA): 1-800-663-0666
Telephone: 604-689-7777
Fax: 604-608-5348
Email: info@wedgewoodhotel.com
Philip Meyer, General Manager
Email: pmeyer@wedgewoodhotel.com
Mary Timbol, Catering Manager
Email: catering@wedgewoodhotel.com

La Baguette et l'Echalote
1680 Johnston Street
Telephone: 604-684-1351
Fax: 604-684-1352
Email: info@labaguette.ca

Beyond Restaurant and Lounge
1015 Burrard Street
Telephone: 604-684-3474

Bistro Pastis
2153 West 4th Avenue
Telephone: 604-731-5020
Fax: 604-731-5039
Online Contact Form

Boneta
1 West Cordova
Telephone: 604-684-1844

C Restaurant
2-1600 Howe Street
Telephone: 604-681-1164
Email: info@crestaurant.com

Cassis Bistro
420 West Pender Street
Phone: 604-605-0420
Email: contact@cassisvancouver.com

Chambar Restaurant
562 Beatty Street Crosstown
Telephone: 604-879-7119
Fax: 604-879-7118
Email: info@chambar.com

Crave Restaurant
3941 Main St.
Telephone: 604-872-3663
Email: chefmartin101@gmail.com
Offer a "foie gras mayo."

Le Crocodile
100-909 Burrard Street
Telephone: 604-669-4298
Fax: 604-669-4207
Email: lecrocodile@telus.net

Diva at the Met
645 Howe Street
Telephone: 604-602-7788
Email: reservations@divamet.com

Dussa's Ham and Cheese
#144 - 1689 Johnston St.
Telephone: 604-688-8881
Fax: 604-261-5357

FigMint Restaurant & Lounge
500 West 12th Ave @ Cambie St.
Telphone: 604-875-3312
Alain Canuel (General Manager): ACanuel@figmintrestaurant.com
Lee Humphries (Exec Chef): lhumphries@figmintrestaurant.com

The Five Sails
Suite 410-999 Canada Place
Telephone: 604-844-2855
Fax: 604-682-6321
Email: gsayers@fivesails.ca

Flo Tea House
7994 Granville St.
Telephone: 604-266-1555
Email: info@flotearoom.com

Fuel
1944 West 4th Avenue
Telephone: 604-288-7905
Email: info@fuelrestaurant.ca
Note: We spent 6 weeks from March-April 08 outside the restaurant raising awareness about foie gras. Fuel continues to serve foie gras and stands by their factory farmed liver purchased from Aux Champs D'elise (one of the farms you see in the photos on the right). Fuel prides itself on caring about organic and local food. The foie gras served at Fuel is neither organic nor locally sourced.

Il Giardino
1382 Hornby Street
Telephone: 604-669-2422
Email: inquire@umberto.com

La Terrazza
1088 Cambie Street
Telephone: 604-899-4449
E-mail: info@laterrazza.ca

Le Gavroche Restaurant Ltd.
1616 Alberni Street
Telephone: 604-685-3924
Fax: 604-669-1885
Email: manny@legavroche.ca

The Gourmet Warehouse
1340 East Hastings
Telephone: 604-253-3022
Fax: 604-255-4345
Email: service@gourmetwarehouse.ca

Jules Casual French Bistro
216 Abbott Street
Telephone: 604-669-0033

Koni Fine Foods
8520 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-269-9100
Fax: 604-269-9102

Nu
1661 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-646-4668
Email: info@whatisnu.com

Octopus' Garden
1995 Cornwall Ave
Telephone: 604-734-8971

Parkside Restaurant
1906 Haro Street
Telephone: 604-683-6912
Email: parkside@telus.net

Pied-a-Terre
3369 Cambie Street
Telephone: 604-873-3131
Email: eat@pied-a-terre-bistro.ca

Plan B
1144 Homer Street, Vancouver
Telephone: 604-609-0901
Email: info@planblounge.com

Sai-Z Japanese Restaurant
3116 West Broadway
Telephone: 604-732-7249
Email: info@saiz.ca

Salt Tasting Room
46 Water Street
Telephone: 604-633-1912
Email: info@salttastingroom.com

Saveur
850 Thurlow Street
Telephone: 604-688-1633
Fax: 604-734-0547

So.Cial at Le Magasin
332 Water St.
Telephone: 604.669.4488
Toll-free: 1.866.669.1555
Email: info@socialatlemagasin.com

Stongs Market
4560 Dunbar Street
Telephone: 604-266-5191
Fax: 604-266-5199

Email: coribonina@stongs.com

Sutton Place Hotel
845 Burrard Street
Telephone: 604-682-5511
Fax: 604-682-5513
Email: info_vancouver@suttonplace.com

Unwine'd Restaurant
1180 Howe Street
Telephone: 604-682-5225
Fax: 604-684-4736
Email: info@unwined.ca

West
2881 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-738-8938
Chef: Warren Geraghty
Restaurant Director: Brian Hopkins
Email: info@westrestaurant.com
Contact: http://www.westrestaurant.com/contact.php
(Globe & Mail Article)
Confirmed: April 25, 2008
Chef Geraghty announced to the Globe and Mail that West will stop serving foie gras.
Note (June 20, 2008): We confirmed with West that they are serving foie gras again, but concealing it by not listing it on their online menu. Since LBC confronted them with this, they have been lying to anyone calling to ask if they serve foie gras. West will remain on the "restaurants that serve foie gras" list until we have written confirmation that they will remove foie gras permanently. Until then, please keep calling and emailing them.

Vancouver Restaurants/Businesses No Longer Selling Foie Gras:

Aqua Riva
200 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-683-5599
Email: dinner@aquariva.com
Confirmed: June 12, 2008
Confirmed via telephone.

Cafe de Paris Bistro
751 Denman Street
Telephone: 604-687-1418
Confirmed: May 30, 2008
After four weeks of protests, Cafe de Paris posted a banner across their front window saying "we do not serve foie gras". Staff members verbally confirmed that foie gras is permanently off the menu.

Cioppino's Mediterranean Grill
1129/1133 Hamilton Street
Telephone: 604-688-7466
Note: Cioppino's dropped foie gras in 2007 due to ethical concerns, before this campaign began.

Cru
1459 West Broadway
Telephone: 604-677-4111
Email: info@cru.ca
Confirmed: May 6, 2008
Management from Cru confirmed foie gras is dropped with no return via email.

Gastropod
1938 West 4th Avenue
Telephone: 604-730-5579
Email: angus@gastropod.ca
Confirmed: July 30, 2008
Chef An confirmed that foie gras will no longer be served at Gastropod.

The Greedy Pig
307 West Cordova St.
Telephone: 604-669-4991
Online Contact Form
Confirmed: May 14, 2008
Management at Greedy Pig confirmed via email that they no longer serve foie gras.

The Hermitage
115-1025 Robson Street
Telephone: 604-689-3237
Email: info@thehermitagevancouver.com
Confirmed: August 13, 2008
Management at The Hermitage confirmed via email that they no longer serve foie gras.

Lift Bar and Grill
333 Menchions Mews
Telephone: 604-689-5438
Email: fgougain@liftbarandgrill.com
Confirmed: June 12, 2008
Confirmed in Business in Vancouver article.

Meinhardt
3002 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-732-4405
Fax: 604-732-4216
Online Contact Form
Confirmed: April 21, 2008
Meinhardt management confirmed via email that they have removed all foie gras from the store.

Mistral French Bistro
2585 West Broadway
Telephone: 604-733-0046
Confirmed: June 19, 2008
One of the owners confirmed via telephone that foie gras is coming off their menu as of June 19, 2008, and will be removed from their website as soon as they can get it updated.

Oyama Sausage Company
Granville Island Public Market
Box 126-1689 Johnston Street
Telephone: 604-327-7407
Email: moreinfo@oyamasausage.ca
Confirmed: May 1, 2008
Oyama Sausage Company owners confirmed via email that they have removed foie gras.

Pearl Drops Tea House
422 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5C 5G4
Telephone: 604-299-8975
Confirmed: April 15, 2008
Chef Vo confirmed via email that foie gras is off the menu.

Restaurant Connor Butler
2145 Granville Street
Telephone: 604-734-2145
Fax: 604-734-2199
Email: contactconnor@yahoo.ca
Confirmed: June 20, 2008
Connor Butler sent an email to us saying "I have taken Foie Gras off my menu permanently."

Urban Fare, Coal Harbour
305 Bute Street
Telephone: 604-669-5831
Fax: 604-669-5832
Email: coalharbour@urbanfare.com
Store Manager: Jas Athwal
Confirmed: May 28, 2008
Product Integrity Manager at Overwaitea Foods confirmed via phone that foie gras will be removed from all Overwaitea stores including both Urban Fares.

Urban Fare, Yaletown
177 Davie Street
Telephone: 604-975-7550
Fax: 604-975-7533
Email: yaletown@urbanfare.com
Store Manager: Bob Stack
Confirmed: May 28, 2008
Product Integrity Manager at Overwaitea Foods confirmed via phone that foie gras will be removed from all Overwaitea stores including both Urban Fares.