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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
Karsmakers Coffee House is a cafe in Brussels.
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.
Address: Rue de Treves 20, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels
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
Frank. in Brussels serves third-wave specialty espresso and Australian-style brunch on Rue des Princes next to la Monnaie opera house. Small dining room, vegetable-focused carte, baristas trained at OR.
Signature drink: Specialty espresso
Peck 47 in Brussels' Saint-Gery is the brunch room near the Bourse with all-day pancakes and eggs. Specialty coffee from rotating Belgian roasters, packed on weekends.
Signature drink: Specialty coffee
MOK in Brussels' Dansaert is the third-wave anchor: large bright cafe, single-origin espresso, in-house roasted beans. Brunch counter at the back, work-friendly bench seating.
Signature drink: Single-origin espresso
OR Coffee Bar in Brussels' Saint-Gery has the third-wave pedigree from the early 2010s. Single-origin espresso and filter at the marble counter, with a brick-walled room for laptop work.
Signature drink: Filter brew