Once central to rural life, cafe-bistros are closing in the face of depopulation and falling alcohol consumption, but campaigners are seeking new ways forward It is just past noon on a midweek day, and already every table at Au Bon Acceuil cafe-bistro in the northern Burgundy village of Saint-Mar...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/france-disappearing-bistros-rural-french-village)