À La Mort Subite is a historic café on Rue Montagne-aux-Herbes Potagères, easily identified by an ornate interior featuring weathered mirrors, period chandeliers, and cream-colored pillars that have remained largely unchanged since…
Historic Estaminets and Beer
This walk takes you through the cozy, wood-paneled alleyway taverns of Brussels to experience the rich history, surrealist heritage, and timeless drinking rituals of Belgian beers.
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1. À La Mort Subite
2. Royal Puppet Theater Toone
The Royal Puppet Theater Toone is hidden at the end of a narrow, centuries-old alleyway off the street of the Marché aux Herbes. You can identify the entrance by two cherubs and the name Toone inscribed above the passage. Housed in a…
3. A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame
A l’Imaige Nostre-Dame sits at the end of a narrow, gated stone alleyway, marked by a metal arch and a niche containing a statue of the Virgin and Child. This tucked-away tavern occupies a building that dates to sixteen eighty-two, making…
4. À la Bécasse
A long, tiled corridor tucked off the street leads toward À La Bécasse. A mosaic of a woodcock set into the ground marks the entrance to this passage, which is tucked away at number eleven Rue de Tabora.
5. Café Le Cirio
Café Le Cirio is distinguished by its dark, gilded wooden storefront featuring slender bronze columns and ornate caryatids. Founded in eighteen eighty-six, it occupies a prime spot near the Bourse, the city's old stock exchange. The…
6. Poechenellekelder
Poechenellekelder stands directly across from the Manneken Pis statue, identifiable by the large collection of bicycles hanging from its exterior facade. The tavern has operated at this address since nineteen ninety-one, filling a space…
7. La Fleur en Papier Doré
La Fleur en Papier Doré is a modest, two-story house with a facade distinguished by its wrought iron window branches. Located at fifty-three to fifty-five rue des Alexiens, this seventeenth-century structure is one of the few buildings in…