Russian officers would sit in French cafes and they'd taunt the Parisian waiters by saying, 'Bistro Bistro Bistro.' 'Bistro,' I continued, was the Russian word for 'quickly' and, as a result, cafes where patrons expect quick service have come to be known as 'bistros.'

Its Café des Artistes is as wonderful a French bistro as you will find.

He pointed to a sign that said, BISTRO and said in English, 'Do you know why they call cafes 'bistros'?'

And how the world has changed in his absence! Kuntar has never sent a drunk text message to an ex girlfriend or stalked anyone on MySpace on Facebook he's never taken a stroll through the new downtown or eaten at Barbar (a mega bistro that opened its doors during the Civil War.)