Come as you are to La Buvette Wine Bistro in Downtown San Pedro
La Buvette owners Thomas and Lori Compagnon. Photos by JP Cordero (CivicCouch.com) La Buvette Wine Bistro offers French classics, minus the formality When I recommended a friend visit La Buvette, the French bistro that has been open since March in downtown San Pedro, she sounded interested but asked, “Will I have to dress up?” I reassured her that nobody has to get formal at any place that calls itself a bistro. The word is used for casual everyday eateries. On reflection, I’m hard-pressed to think of any restaurant in San Pedro where anyone would dress up unless a wedding or similar event was in process, but that old stereotype of the formal French restaurant refuses to die. French people dress for everyday meals about the same as the rest of us. The staff at La Buvette does look snappy in their button-down shirts and traditional aprons, a uniform you might see in any Parisian café. It makes sense because La Buvette owner Thomas Compagnon aspires to a completely traditional experience, though not everything worked out that way. Their first chef was brilliant but trained in a modern style, with a penchant for adding Asian accents to everything he made. His dishes came out of the…
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