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Taverne du Passage
Clean cut waiters with crisp white coats,
Brasserie-style cuisine and art-deco interiors
combine to make la Taverne du Passage an 82
year old institution amongst the city’s ’bons
vivants’ and movie-goers (the restaurant sits
next door to the Cinema Arenberg) alike.
Famed for its Americain/Tartare prepared
on-the-spot (’en salle’) by the expert waiters
and revered for its Croquettes de Crevettes
Grises/Garnalenkroketten it really is the
restaurant’s bustling atmosphere – think
clinking cutlery and smoke-thick laughter –
that makes it so endearing – and easy to come
back to.
Galerie de la Reine 26 Koninginnegalerij
1000 Brussels
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Restobières
Something of a museum to Belgian dining (the
restaurant’s walls are lined with all kinds of
vintage Belgian candy, biscuit and chocolate
tins, as well as vintage beer trays), Restobières
specialises, at its name indicates, in recipes
which include beer. This can mean anything
from Scampi in Kriek to Stoemp in Chouffe,
although the restaurant’s reputation was really
built on its Bloempanch, a large flour and
blood sausage dosed in Kriek. The perfect
food to get drunk to, they don’t get any more
authentic than Restobières.
Rue des Renards 32 Vossenstraat
1000 Brussels