Which brings us back to Pastis and its "simple" democracy.

He lifted the glass of pastis, and took a large swallow.

In a few decades Pastis might become what it already looks like, a comfortable old cafe.

Just a few blocks south of Pastis, here's a restaurant where absolutely no one turns to look when a new face comes through the door.

Sip a pastis and watch the street show as the locals pass by.

He could see that the pastis, the wine and the kif had taken effect.

Or, if you don't have pastis, just put in some tarragon.

And they used to sell more Ricard pastis than any other place in the neighborhood.

Although Pastis had developed the characters, they were still just stick figures with jokes.

The company also produces several other types of pastis.

Balthazar would have been outdated, Pastis better - but at least make an effort!

They headed to the meatpacking district for drinks at Pastis.

On his way back he had called at the auberge to drink a pastis and tell of the accident.

I sat for twenty minutes over my pastis and then I ordered dinner.

Bolan sat with the girl at a cafe table drinking pastis.

It seemed that every other table had a dozen of them at Pastis at 2 in the morning one recent weekend.

But it wasn't until Pastis opened with a bang that the area became a beehive of restaurant activity.

Pastis had the idea to focus on Linus' blanket.

"You can be sure," he said, "that the pastis restored whenever it is changed.

Schulz turned pale; he thought Pastis was there to serve him with a subpoena.

The previous year Ricard had sold more than 2.4 million liters of his pastis.

One or two of the dusty bottles over the bar do contain the liqueur pastis.

Halfway through his first pastis, he leaned forward confidentially.

He inhaled some pastis while Henriette produced a document from her bag.

At the dark end of the bar, agendarme swallowed a surreptitious pastis.