bistro

From West Village bistros to London brasseries, French cuisine — once dismissed as too heavy or too fussy — is suddenly what’s on everyone’s lips.

That’s what Harold Moore was thinking when he was on the hunt for a space to open a new restaurant last year after the popular downtown bistro he was previously known for, Commerce, closed.

Since then, he’s added Yellow, a cafe with two locations, and La’ Shukran, a chic Middle Eastern bistro, to his stable.

"These groups are the equivalent of the bistro counter – but with more people," said psychoanalyst Patrick Avrane, author of a book on attitudes to crime.

The wrap that has quietly risen to ubiquity in café fridges, trendy bistros and airport grab-and-go kiosks.