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Le Cirio in Brussels has been pouring half en half (white wine and sparkling) since Francesco Cirio opened in 1886. The Belle Epoque interior beside the Bourse stayed unchanged for a century.
Signature drink: Half en half
Cafe Belga is a cafe in Brussels.
Cafe Belga in Brussels' Flagey occupies the Art Deco corner of the Maison de la Radio. Open from morning to late, with a terrace that fills Saturday market days and a 1930s interior.
Address: Place Eugène Flagey 18, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels
Le Cirio in Brussels has been pouring half en half (white wine and sparkling) since Francesco Cirio opened in 1886. The Belle Epoque interior beside the Bourse stayed unchanged for a century.
Signature drink: Half en half
A La Mort Subite in Brussels has been pouring gueuze since 1928 in the Belle Epoque cafe behind the Galeries Saint-Hubert. Long marble tables, white-shirt waiters, the city's canonical lambic stop.
Signature drink: Gueuze lambic
Le Falstaff in Brussels opened in 1903 behind the Bourse in an Art Nouveau and Art Deco interior. The cafe-brasserie runs Belgian beer, salads and a full kitchen until late.
Signature drink: Belgian beer
Karsmakers Coffee House in Brussels' European Quarter has run specialty coffee and New York bagels since Jay Karsmakers opened in 2008. Across the street from the European Parliament, with a long lunchtime queue of Eurocrats.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee with bagels
Hinterland in Brussels' Saint-Gilles runs all-day breakfast and brunch from a corner shop on Chaussee de Charleroi. Organic produce, vegetarian and vegan options, slow-roasted house coffee.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso
Honest Coffee in Brussels' Forest is the corner roastery cafe on Rue du Croissant with house-roasted beans. Brunch carte runs eggs and avocado toast; the back banquette fills with laptop workers most weekday mornings.
Signature drink: House-roasted Ethiopian filter