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Figaro Bistrot isn't the most flashy of restaurants. The decor isn't over-the-top to resemble a high-end destination in Paris and there isn't a particular dish that drives in flocks of TikTok influencers and foodies. Nor is it, in French standards at least, the most French of restaurants. The menu is a simple cross between Franco-US fare: pain et fromage, eggs benedict, croque monsieur, avo toast. Regardless, Figaro is always packed. Locals, hipsters and the so-called intelligentsia of the city ...