This restaurant has excellent food. It is a shame that in a liberal community such as Durham, they feel that it is appropriate to continue to serve foie gras. Chicago has banned foie gras and efforts are being made to ban it elsewhere. I used to love foie gras until I watched a video of them shoving a hose down a goose's throat, shooting a stream of feed into its stomach, and causing the esophagus to rupture. The owner's of Magnolia are well aware of this issue - the waitress joked about it last time I was there and even mentioned the Chicago ban to me.
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