{"id":12920,"date":"2026-02-08T20:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/french-bistros-and-cafes-should-they-get-unesco-intangible-heritage-status\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:38:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:38:41","slug":"french-bistros-and-cafes-should-they-get-unesco-intangible-heritage-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/french-bistros-and-cafes-should-they-get-unesco-intangible-heritage-status\/","title":{"rendered":"French bistros and caf\u00e9s: Should they get UNESCO intangible heritage status?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.france24.com\/media\/display\/d8eb4ac8-f14e-11f0-aba3-005056a97e36\/w:1024\/p:16x9\/capture-170122790769679d3b3f3330-20279449.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><br \/>In this edition of Entre Nous we dive into the bid to make France&#8217;s bistros and caf\u00e9s part of UNESCO&#8217;s intangible cultural heritage list. We discuss how the bistrot got its name and how they are different from brasseries, bouillons and restaurants. We also discuss how alcohol consumption and wine&#8217;s powerful lobby in France may represent a weakness for the bid, but also why these gathering places are needed more than ever.<br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tv-shows\/entre-nous\/20260114-french-bistros-and-caf%C3%A9s-should-they-get-unesco-intangible-heritage-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this edition of Entre Nous we dive into the bid to make France&#8217;s bistros and caf\u00e9s part of UNESCO&#8217;s intangible cultural&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3443],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-mode-de-vie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12920\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lemonde.express\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}