From the Associated Press:

CHICAGO — The Chicago City Council has repealed its controversial two-year-old ban on foie gras (fwah-GRAH’), a delicacy made of duck and goose liver.

The vote was led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, who called the measure that went into effect in August 2006 the “silliest” ordinance the council’s ever passed.

Supporters of the ban consider foie gras cruel because geese and ducks are force-fed to make their livers bigger.

The measure passed Wednesday by a vote of 37-6 with no debate.

The Illinois Restaurant Association and a local restaurant had filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn the ban, but a U.S. District Court judge dismissed the effort last June.