In article >,
(Victor Sack) wrote:

> Tuscan city says 'basta' to ethnic food
>
> By ARIEL DAVID

>
> ROME (AP) - If you are craving a kebab, tandoori chicken or Peking duck
> you may go hungry in the small Tuscan city of Lucca, which has just
> barred new ethnic restaurants from opening in its historic medieval
> center.
(snip)
> Di Grazia said a French restaurant would be allowed to open, but he was
> not sure about a restaurant offering Sicilian dishes, which often
> include Middle Eastern ingredients.
>
> AP Writer Valerio Penna contributed to this report.

Thanks, Bubba Wictor; that was an interesting read. We were in Lucca a
year and a bit ago. I don't believe we had a meal there, though; just
visited another blinkin' church.
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