Fill up on regional flavours in an authentic estaminet

An estaminet is a typical Northern restaurant. It offers local specialities in a warm and welcoming setting. It also serves excellent beers from regional or Belgian breweries.

In other words, if you’re looking for a taste of Northern fries, local beers and the local atmosphere, book a table in one of the many estaminets in the Lille area.

The menus of many of Lille’s restaurants feature dishes that are emblematic of local gastronomy, such as :

• carbonnade flamande: beef simmered with beer and gingerbread;
• welsh: beer-soaked bread with cheddar cheese, ham and mustard;
• waterzoï: pieces of chicken or fish simmered with vegetables
• potjevleesch: white meat dish (usually chicken, rabbit or veal) served in jelly, hot or cold;
• poulet au maroilles: chicken pieces in a maroilles sauce;
• coeur des Flandres: tart with sausage meat and apple compote.