Type: Restaurant
Class: Midscale
This French restaurant (with a suspiciously Italian sounding name) made me all wistful for Paris. In the background played the soundtrack to Amelie. I love Amelie and now I am all wistful for it again. In the back they have a street sign for Boulevard Saint Germain. My hotel was just a couple of blocks from there. I would visit the café down there most mornings. It was so nice. It was a bit touristy, but so what. Tourists make Paris what it is. The Parisians can only support so many shops that don’t serve café or pastries.
This restaurant has high ceilings and giant paintings with numerous images of the French Flag throughout it. Enormous pink ashtrays sat behind the bar. I felt silly using one of them.
Our group turned out to be quite large. It was us, Sean, Jim, Trevor, and our special guest – Star. We hadn’t been out with her in a while and it was good to see her. She definitely adds a bit of zip to our regular outings.
I don’t remember much about the drinks other than that I spilled a glass of water across the table. Star picked up this sponsorship. Thanks Star.
Figaro Bistro was nice enough, but it was nothing special unless you want a bit of nostalgia for Paris. I give it 2 and a half Martini Glasses out of 5.
-wOOt