Is this misspelled? Or am I a stupid Twat? (an evening at Fringale)

Fringale - Yelp.com calls it a Spanish/Basque, French restaurant, but it was pure French when we went last night.

And it was damn good.

So we're looking at the menu, and at the top it reads "Diner". I obviously can't sum up enough of my 7th grade French to remember what the French word "diner" is and it's different enough from Italian and Spanish for us to guess what it is. So we debate:

"Do you think this is misspelled? Are they missing an 'N'?"
"I don't know, you wouldn't think they would do that."
"Maybe they just missed it."
"But it's up at the top and all bold and stuff."

Then the waiter walks up, and in traditional fashion, I don't care if I embarrass myself or anyone else really, so I ask,

"Is this misspelled, or is it a French word."
"Madame, eet ees Frauncsh." (with a slight giggle)
"What does it mean?"
"Oh, eet means deener." (with another slight giggle).

So we order our cocktails and proceed to focus on the menu now that the pesky "diner" issue has been resolved and we are able to look past it.

The menu is so French (or Frauncsh). It's all very classic fare (I know this because my chef boyfriend told me). But I think I would have picked that up eventually, who knows.

I'll get to the important stuff and leave off the narrative.

dirty martini - the most perfect amount of olive juice I've ever had in a dirty martini. You wouldn't think it would be such a delicate balance, but it is and I didn't realize it until I had it done exactly right.

Campari and soda - Jason said it was also mixed just right.

Beef Carpaccio with toasted horseradish, chives, greens and a light mustard sauce. My first time with raw beef and I really enjoyed it. All the flavors were pure and simple, but excellent.

Black Angus Rib Eye with red wine butter and pomme frites - beautiful. So tender and good and the haricots vertes were yummy. I think the french fries were some of the best I've ever had, they were light and airy with the perfect amount of crunch.

Rack of Lamb with potato gratin - This wins the prize. The lamb was without any gameyness and perfectly tender. It was a wonderfully rounded plate.

Cross Point Pinot Noir 2005 - a perfect match for both dishes. Oh my god, it was an excellent wine both with and without food. Bright, but also complex and deep.

Service - Awesome. There was slight confusion among the two waiters as to who was serving our table at the beginning. But it didn't matter, we seemed to get better service because of it. We had both waiters and the hostess bringing us stuff and making sure we were happy. Our waiter in the end was perfectly French, but warm and sweet. He poured Jason some extra wine on the house when Jason asked to look at the bottle. He answered my questions about "terroir" and patiently pronounced and explained it to us. He matched the perfect wine with our food.

Fringale is a French Bistro and nothing but. They did not surprise me with inventive dishes, but they do the French thing so well and give such great service, that I was happy they don't diverge from the classics.

... and their fraunsch fries were amazing. I know nothing of their Fraunsch toast or Fraunsch dressing.