The Bistro

The Bistro, formerly known as the Bryan Blundell Bistro, is the main eatery seen in The Workplace. It is operated by Jean.

## Workers

There are only three workers in The Bistro throughout the history of the workplace, Jean, Ethan Cheung's mum and the other one. Jean has been running the day to day operations of The Bistro since the start of The Workplace, implying that Ethan Cheung's mum and the other one are her subordinates, however in S7E12 'Big Broth', it was revealed that the evil group known as the Secret Leadership Team, or SLT, were actually in control of The Bistro the whole time, when they labelled sandwiches.

It should also be mentioned the shock collar surgically attached to Jean stems from her job in The Bistro, as in S1E7 'Watte', she wore a shock collar to stop her from pronouncing espresso as 'Express-o', however she forgot to take it off.

## Menu

The Bistro has a variety of different foods available throughout the course of The Workplace, such as but not limited to:

* Cup-a-Soup, now redacted from the menu, after the events of Soupgate
* Cheese (And Ham) Toastie/Panini
* Coffee
* Flavoured Water
* Alpen Bar
* Muffin
* Salt and Chilli Chicken Sandwich
* Southern Fried Chicken Sandwich

Quorn Sandwich

* Spicy Chicken Wings
* Chicken Salad
* Water
* Special Panini (e.g. Cheese and Pepperoni)

The menu in The Bistro has expanded throughout the series exponentially, originally only consisting of the first four items. Some fans criticise the use of more items to attempt to make The Bistro 'flashier' however they are stupid and should not be allowed freedom of speech.

## Reservations

In the Autumn of 2021, The Quipster attempted to reform the bistro by setting up reserved seats, and the availability of a reservation. He went around the bistro putting "Reserved" signs on the various tables. Since the Bluecoat citizens were not made aware of this idea, nor were they given any information about this system, such as a number or email address, or how to access the information required, it is unknown how this system would have worked. Jean disagreed with this, and tried her best to prevent this from happening, instead opting for the "First come, first served," system of bistro governance. She went round the tables in the bistro, taking away the signs herself, faster than the Quipster could put them up himself.

Eventually, the Quipster was caught putting up a big sign over the "BISTRO" sign on the front door, that read "DORSIA." He was forced to pay a huge fine of 50p, which bankrupted him for several years. (Even though it happened last year.)

He resorted to putting the signs up himself in the Common room, so as not to go to waste, and this proved successful, as he himself was able to reserve the tables, preventing the Undesirables from increasing their power in the common room.

When the Quipster was asked about this affair, he just had this to say:

"Needless to say, I had the last laugh."

## Trivia

* The Cup-a-Soup referenced in Soupgate is from The Bistro
* The Bistro used to be referred to as 'Dorsia' by The Quipster and Dr. Redpill in earlier seasons of The Workplace, a reference to American Psycho.
	+ This has seemingly stopped due to popular demand shifting from jokes about American Psycho to more culturally relevant discussions, such as the Cost of Living crisis and Black Adam.