Talk:Bistro

message: People keep adding things about how bistro food is healthy. The current section is called "bistro eating". Has any one heard of this term? Does it really belong I enjoy bistro food very much, but I don't think the fare finds in one could be considered "healthy eating" under current dietetic guidlines; look at the quintessential dish, steak frites--red meat and deep fried starch. 
I have added citation tags to the health claims, but perhaps they should be removed? If there is a legitimate food trend called "bistro eating" that is sourceable and verifiable, this section should either be expanded or given its on article.
:This section was completely POV, there are many many many non-healthy bistro dishes.  This POV concept has mostly come from its usage in commercial product sales and chain menus, not in terms of traditional bistro fare.  In addition, if the information is added back, it needs citation from a reliable source, otherwise I will remove it again.  Steak frites btw, is a brasserie dish more than it is a bistro dish.--Christopher Tanner, CCC 01:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Health

message: I removed all the bits about the restaurant (not so creatively named "Bistro") and merged the bits concerning the origin of the word "Bistro".  I removed the NPOV tag as I believe that those bits have been purged. Please amend this entry if you feel otherwise. RobLinwood 00:48, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Cannot post this because it is first-hand knowledge from my education in France. Bistrot came from Cossack mercenaries in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War. Now find the reference...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.29.237.12 (talk) 11:30, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: That should not be added to the article, as it is entirely false. The Russian vowel ы is quite different from the French i.184.75.103.172 (talk) 19:03, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

text: Also important to point out that English 'no' does not originate from Latin/Norman 'no', but rather from Old English 'na'. Antman -- chat 01:17, 24 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  NPOV 

message: What does a Bistro have to do with an Architect? --Matejhowell 16:38, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Architect? 

message: I just moved the etymology to Wiktionary, which is the appropriate place.
Further, the Russian origin hypothesis is rejected by linguists (see discussion and links there).
Nbarth (email) (talk) 04:31, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I don't what it's like in other places, but where I live bistro means really small portions of food.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blaylockjam10 (talk • contribs) 05:08, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Description

message: It seems to me that in American English, there is a very different understanding of what bistro means. While the French consider bistro to me a moderately priced restaurant, in American English, bistro seems to suggest a somewhat fancy and small restaurant that is usually French or if not usually European. Americans wouldn't consider a moderately priced Chinese restaurant to be a bistro. Can someone help clarify this or add to this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.30.255 (talk) 22:41, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As one of the editors of this article, I totally agree that a Chinese restaurant is not a bistro on either side of the Atlantic. However, thinking of a few places in San Francisco in particular, I don't see that there's a specifically American interpretation of the term. To me, the essence of it is that the menu is very restricted and the waiters are not in uniform. The chalk-board menu as opposed to the printed version is also a common feature but not a sine qua non. --El Ingles (talk) 01:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

text: 50% higher than a diner or a pub *is* moderately priced. That means they are not the cheapest places, but cheaper than a restaurant. So it seems the view of what is a Bistro is the same on both sides of the pond. --OpenFuture (talk) 05:24, 3 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  American understanding of Bistro 

message: What is the picture of that chinese dump of a "bistro" doing in this article???--24.85.68.231 (talk) 06:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinese Bistro??? 

message: An English translation should be added in the caption to the photograph. I suggest:
ON 30 MARCH 1814 THE COSSACKS UTTERED THEIR FAMOUS WORD “BISTRO” HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND ON THIS KNOLL WAS THUS BORN THE WORTHY ANCESTOR OF OUR BISTROTS / 180th ANNIVERSARY / OLD MONTMARTRE TOURIST OFFICE
The caption should be modified in another way too: mention should be made there that the plaque perpetuates the unsubstantiated story about the origin of the word.S. Valkemirer (talk) 06:40, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  The photograph of the plaque in Paris and its caption