A half-baguette stuffed with frites, a piece of fried meat (sausage, chicken or steak) and a sauce of your choice. The Brussels late-night student classic.
The mitraillette ('submachine gun' in French) emerged from Brussels' frituur counters in the late 20th century as a one-handed student meal: half a baguette split open, packed with hot frites and a slab of fried meat, drowned in andalouse or samurai sauce. Fritland on Rue Henri Maus is its canonical home, with the queue spilling onto the pavement after midnight on weekends. The dish has spread to Liege and Charleroi but Brussels owns the original.
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Maison Antoine ★ 4.5
Place Jourdan 1, 1040 Etterbeek
Maison Antoine in Brussels' Place Jourdan has been the canonical fritkot since 1948. The double-fried Bintje potatoes come in paper cones; eat them at the surrounding bars that allow Antoine bags.
Fritland ★ 4.2
Rue Henri Maus 49, 1000 Brussels
Fritland in Brussels is the late-night frites window behind the Bourse. The mitraillette (frites and meat in a baguette) is the cult Brussels dish; the queue runs deep on weekend nights.