Sheffield Animal Friends have persuaded the Showroom restaurant on Paternoster Row to take it off the menu.

They spotted it on a sample menu on the Showroom's website.
Head chef Paul Murton, above, says it was put together for a wedding and used as a sample menu.

"We figured since the foie gras issue is now such a massive topic of debate we would rather be a more ethical company and avoid any further conflict or receive any of the threats we had been warned about."

The protesters, who have already claimed victories at two local restaurants and got it banned from stalls of the continental market, also picketed Moran's on Abbeydale Road South.

They had seen the duck's liver on a website but chef-patron Bryan Moran pointed out it was an old menu from last year. He's not selling foie gras now but refused to sign an undertaking not to use it again.

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Coach and Horses CAMRA favourite
LOCAL Real Ale drinkers have voted the Coach & Horses at Sheffield Road, Dronfield, the CAMRA pub of the month for April.

It's owned by the world's oldest football club, Sheffield FC, and is the 'brewery tap' of the Thornbridge Brewery.

Tasty prize at book-signing
WINE merchant Andrew Coghlan is laying on a spread when he stages a booksigning session at Waterstone's, Orchard Square, on Tuesday, April 15. There will be free food and wine and a chance to help him and wife Janet sink a rare claret worth over £200 a bottle, a 1959 Chateau Talbot.

The Coghlans, who have already sold 2,000 copies of their food and wine book The Perfect Balance, are celebrating its arrival in the major bookshops.

Bosses of wine merchants Barrels & Bottles and a Chesterfield-based cookery school, they've written the book to show how to match wine with food.

Andrew says: "This particular vintage would sell for nearly £2,500 a case. We'll ask everyone who buys the book to put their names in a hat and invite the winner to help us drink it."

The book costs £14.95. Tickets for the evening, which starts at 7pm, are available from Waterstone's or Barrels and Bottles on 01246 453 399.

New takeaway opens
A NEW Asian grill restaurant and takeaway, Original Kebabish, has opened on Wostenholm Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield, run by Tabarik Hashmi. It specialises in kebabs and sizzling tikka and is open seven days. To book call 0114 258 3000.

Restaurant at Cressbrook Hall
CRESSBROOK Hall, near Tideswell, a popular weddings and corporate business venue, has opened for evening meals and Sunday lunch. The restored Orangery is used as a 30-seater restaurant on Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday lunches. Dinners cost £26.50 and lunch £17.50. The Gothic style former mill workers' house is a holiday centre with bed and breakfast and self-catering holiday cottages. Call 01298 871 289.

Jocosa back in action
CITY officials were full of seasonal spirit when they allowed new West Street bar Jocosa to open over Christmas and New Year, even though it didn't fully comply with safety regulations. That was on condition it then closed to put things right.

Jocosa, run by Sarah Whiffin and Mazar Mohammed, is now back in business. Expect burgers, fish cakes and all-day breakfasts.

New-look Brown Bear re-opens
IT'S taken nine months but now the refurbished Brown Bear has reopened on Norfolk Street, Sheffield, with Lis Rogers in charge.

New boss at Haddon Hall restaurant
THERE'S a new look to the restaurant at Haddon Hall, the North Derbyshire stately home, with new steps, refurbished toilets and a new boss, Sue Cooke, from Sinclair's Coffee Shop, Bakewell.

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