What is bistro furniture?
Five sets that exemplify the type
Eating outside is so in. From avoiding food wastage in the city streets to filling up modern patios, bistro furniture is spilling out of the bistro and into the home. Here’s how to work with it.
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A familiar attraction in more populous cities, bistros are said to have been born in Paris, where enterprising residents would set up makeshift stalls in front of their homes, selling their leftover produce to earn a little extra income. What started as a neat little side hustle turned into the homely or perhaps even cozy restaurants and café spaces we know as bistros today. With minimal space inside their small-scale premises, these small-scale eateries often continue their ancestors’ traditions and pitch up tables and chairs outside.
What started as a neat little side hustle turned into the spaces we know as bistros today
Fighting for their lives in the hazy pandemic months, small hospitality spaces took advantage when major cities relaxed their rules surrounding outdoor dining. Anywhere and everywhere from piazza-facing pizzerias in Porto to cobbled back-alley sandwich bars in Edinburgh cordoned off what little space they had with as many tables and chairs as they could. Enabling safe fresh-air dining, the furniture also served to entice customers in – once allowed.
The characteristics of bistro furniture
The specific requirements of furniture chosen for the hybrid task of outdoor dining, however, are many. Strong and sturdy enough to survive life on the street – beaten up, pushed around, and generally disrespected not just by changeable weather conditions, but by rushed pedestrians as well – yet also light enough to be moved and repositioned with ease each morning and night. To retain the easy-going al fresco experience, meanwhile, bistro furniture is also required to be light in look as well. These five examples show the many material and aesthetic hoops through which a bistro furniture collection must jump.
Features of bistro furniture: light materials
Whether in a 100-seated, heated, and treated hospitality space or just a romantic duet of chairs and a table at home, the heavy-duty task of moving furniture is never easy. That’s why the best bistro furniture collections lighten the load by keeping the weight off.
Features of bistro furniture: strength and durability
Despite being light enough to easily move around temporary or outdoor seating spaces, bistro furniture must also be able to stand up to this constant movement. Made of steel tubing to ensure the greatest strength and durability. The table’s folding top, for example, allows it to comfortably be moved and stored elsewhere, while its thin wire-frame seat and backstop damage rainwater from pooling on the metal surface.
Features of bistro furniture: a light look
With a style that can be found gracing iconic locations like Times Square, as well as open-air cafés and private gardens, exudes Parisian charm. With the stability of steel, Bistro stands strong and true. But with its slight form, the gracefully petit bistro chair and table collections encourage passersby to rethink their schedules. With the promise of an informal but invigorating experience, the furniture seduces shoppers, day-trippers, and professionals alike to stop and sit, but only for a short while. Affecting an efficiently high table turnover in professional hospitality and a fast, carefree lifestyle in home-bistro setups.
Features of bistro furniture: being comfortable outside
When selecting seating for low-key or outdoor locations – whether in hospitality settings or at home on the terrace – the sacrifice of comfort must be kept to a minimum. Or else other delightful features begin to turn, too; a gentle breeze becomes a chill, and a setting sun begins to glare, for example. So although suitable for smaller or outdoor areas, bistro furniture must be as comfortable as its plusher, deeper-seated comparisons.
Features of bistro furniture: modern and trendsetting colors
Spending more time outdoors and in more colorful spaces are becoming two of the most dominant design trends of this decade. So spaces that blend interiors with exteriors, and those that celebrate the color of life by liberally applying it to those spaces, are wonderful ways to bring more joy and personality to curated environments. The thick-plated lines of the design ensure its vibrant color remains in full bloom, all year round.
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