Daily 11:00 to 06:00 next morning
Friterie Tabora in Brussels city centre is the late-night fritkot on the corner of Rue de Tabora behind the Bourse. Twice-fried potatoes, the full Belgian sauce list, queues that hold past dawn on weekend nights.
Try: Frites with classic Belgian sauces
Sat 08:00 to 14:00, Sun 08:00 to 14:00
Place Eugène Flagey Sunday market in Brussels' Ixelles runs around the Maison de la Radio. The food stalls include oyster shuckers, wood-fired pizza vans and Belgian charcuterie counters.
Try: Pizzas, oysters, charcuterie counters
Daily 11:30 to 01:00, Fri-Sat to 02:00
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.
Try: Frites in a paper cone
Daily 11:30 to 01:00
Frit Flagey in Brussels' Ixelles is the green caravan on the south side of Place Eugène Flagey. Hand-cut Bintje potatoes, double-fried in beef fat, with the deepest sauce list in the city.
Try: Frites
Daily 11:30 to 02:00, Fri-Sat to 05:00
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.
Try: Mitraillette and frites
Wed-Sun 11:00 to 18:00
Noordzee Mer du Nord in Brussels' Sainte-Catherine is the standing-only seafood counter. Shrimp croquettes, fish soup, oysters and grilled langoustines; no tables anywhere.
Try: Shrimp croquettes and fish soup