bistro
Americannoun
plural
bistros-
a small, modest, European-style restaurant or caf é.
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a small nightclub or restaurant.
noun
Etymology
Origin of bistro
1920–25; < French bistro ( t ), originally argot, first attested in the sense “proprietor of a tavern” (1884); of obscure origin
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Example Sentences
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In return, Europe offers inexpensive healthcare, walkable cities dotted with sidewalk bistros and co-working spaces where English has displaced the local tongue.
Whenever I see it on a bistro menu, I order it.
Eyton said the discovery of the romantic root veg could not have been better timed ahead of their Valentine's bistro night.
From BBC
For dinner, I went old school at À La Renaissance, a century-old, recently revived bistro with chunky terrazzo floors and burgundy banquettes.
Now, though, he’s a contented family man operating a successful neighborhood bistro called Chez Paul—until fate comes calling and returns him to a life he’d just as soon forget.
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