Bistro

Tom was invited to come and have a beer at the local bistro.

In this bistro, there's always a lot of students.

The event was hosted by the "Green Truck"—a bistro on wheels dedicated to operating in an environmentally sustainable manner—and selling food that's made that way, too.

The diverse and youthful voting coalition behind President Obama was on full display at an election night watch party at a nearby bistro. Historian Allan Lichtman says the president benefitted from a strong turnout among women, African Americans, Hispanics and younger voters.

Now, a coalition of bistro owners, unions and trade organizations is lobbying to get Unesco to grant Paris's sidewalk bistros and cafes official status as France's "intangible cultural heritage."

The rule that Christmas preparations should wait until after Thanksgiving doesn't apply to Hugue Dufour and his wife, Sarah Obraitis, the owners of M. Wells, a Québécois bistro in Long Island City.