Bistro

The Bistro is a small restaurant - originally in French style. People drink here wine, beer, coffee, cappuccino or other participation drinks. Most classic bistros are simply furnished, without excessive decoration. The range of food, if there is any, is usually small.

" In bistros " offer as trendy bars and fine dining or drinks ( champagne, truffles, specialty ).

Especially in the Saarland are very popular bistros for a long time. The proximity to France, has contributed significantly to the popularity of these small bars à la française. But in the rest of Germany, the term " bistro " has very common and is found in almost all cities. The border to the café, the restaurant or pub is fluent.

In France, their numbers grew rapidly in the fifties, ten years later there were already about 200,000 premises. Since then, however, the number of bistros shrank again steadily since the 2000s further accelerated by economic crises. So there were in 2012 only about 30,000 bistros in the country.

In French, the spelling Bistrot is in use.

Etymology

A relatively popular, although doubted, Provenance history of the term bistro is that he is from the Russian word for "quick", быстро ( bystro ) is derived. This word came in the wake of the wars of liberation against Napoleon in the period 1816-1818 to Paris, which was occupied at the time by Russian soldiers. In restaurants they are bystro with the reputation bystro have expressed their desire for the fastest possible service.

After specifying the default dictionary Le Grand Robert, the term is, however, only 66 years later, in 1884, has for the first time.

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