Word: bistro
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...seemed funny, the idea of a bunch of college kids having a banquet at a French bistro (Sandrine’s, which very graciously donated 22 four-course dinners to the FM cause. We love them. They’re the best), but no one was appreciating the irony. Everyone seemed to be doing a pretty good job at acting refined, composed and generally ready to enter that larger world out there. As each of FM’s fifteen seniors arrived to our tastefully blocked-off corner of the restaurant, there were air kisses and sophisticated-sounding greetings. Everyone...
Metro, an authentic brasserie, bar and bistro, offers a bit of old world Parisian charm in the heart of suburban Cambridge. With its oversized wall panel windows and mosaic tiled floors, Metro offers a wide variety of dining options. The fresh-baked pastries, cooked on-site every morning, and variety a of breakfast drinks will entice the early-bird looking for a quiet, not-Starbucks atmosphere to pour over the day’s reading. And the patio tables, tiny enough for two, provide a great open-air lunch option: salad, sandwich and smooch while the weather is still...
...Metro: Brasserie Bar Bistro...
...came upon Diva, the Indian Bistro. Diva—the name conjures up images of a sexy siren. We wondered if the restaurant would resemble her name: sassy and high-profile with too much attitude and too little substance. She was certainly attractive, bejeweled in regal hues of deep orange, red and purple. Her style was ethnic exotic with a modern twist, her featured adornments were sultry lantern-like chandeliers draped with folds of white cloth. Lined with gleaming martini and wine glasses, a curvaceous bar swooped and hugged one side. Yet despite the striking and charismatic presence...
...Helen (Holly) Maddux in 1972 at La Terrasse, the bistro where he held court but never picked up the tab. Maddux was described as a woman of such mesmerizing elegance, everything around her would fall away. "Michelle Pfeiffer has the same kind of fragile beauty," says Holly's sister Mary, 34. (Years later, the comparisons to his wife Annika would seem chilling - both she and Holly were described as delicate and ethereal. Both dancers, both seamstresses, both Earth Mothers...