Francophiles like to brag that the area around the Sofitel at 17th and Sansom is a little French district, what with the Sofitel's French ownership and La Creperie, La Cigale and La Colombe around the corner. To which, we say "la la la." The city's true center of French dining is becoming Sixth and Bainbridge, home of Beau Monde. It's a block from Coquette, and not too far from Cochon. The reason for all this prattle is a Gallic project we just heard about: Bistro La Minette, on Sixth Street, near Bainbridge. It's the building with the gigantic Dalmatian mural. Chef-owner Peter Woolsey, who did time at Washington Square, Striped Bass and Le Mas Perrier (after a few years in Paris at Lucas Carton) hopes to open his "city French bistro" in March; he's applying for a liquor license. Alas, the Dalmatian has to go, to Woolsey's dismay. "I know it's a Philly icon," he told me. "But it's peeling and graffiti-ed up at the bottom and it doesn't go with our decor."