Daily 11:30 to 22:00
Frietkot Atomium in Brussels' Heysel sits at the foot of the Atomium spheres on Boulevard du Centenaire (Eeuwfeestlaan in Laken) serving frites and Belgian fast food. The bicky burger is the local order alongside the cone of fries.
Try: Frites and bicky burgers
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