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Brussels restaurants have a dizzying number of awards, but it's not all classical French food anymore. Belgium is a little behind in the pan-Euro movement toward culinary experimentation, but it's catching up, assisted by a handful of ambitious, design-minded restaurateurs who are helping to push the envelope. Be warned: Eating out here is not cheap. If you tire of sticker shock, try these strategies: Picnic in the many parks; or drink your lunch, beer fans (maybe absorbing the brews with the national dish of moules-frites). You could also visit a frietkot (a fries stand), serving nothing but crisp, double-fried potato sticks with any amount of mostly mayonnaise-based sauces. That's if you can find one, sadly many of these national treaures have been closed down.
Right in the heart of the city by the Grand'Place, on a street of "authentic" buildings that may look good from the outside, but aren't, this ideal...more
A Belle Époque bank converted by restaurateur-designer extraordinaire Antoine Pinto, this huge brasserie is all buzz, from the bars (oyster, beer, and...more
Near the two Sablon squares and the flea market, this gallery-restaurant has young Brussels showing her best profile. Installed in a mercantile building from...more
It doesn't matter that it has long lost its status as the trendy restaurant in the city: Dining at La Quincaillerie is still a genuinely unique Bruxellois...more
Yes, this is the founding branch of the wildly popular anti-Atkins boîtes, of which there are 10 in Brussels (plus 13 in New York City and nine in the Los...more
Though it sounds like an unreleased Russ Meyer movie, this is, in fact, that ubiquitous scene-setter Antoine Pinto's newly launched answer to the Pain...more
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