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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
Place Flagey Sunday Food Market Stalls is a street-food stop in Brussels.
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.
Address: Place Eugène Flagey, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels
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
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
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
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
Maison Dandoy in Brussels presses Brussels and Liège waffles in the queue line at Rue Charles Buls. Yeast-leavened batter for Brussels-style, pearl-sugar dough for Liège.
Try: Gaufre de Bruxelles and gaufre de Liège
Marche du Midi grill stalls in Brussels fire Moroccan and Tunisian merguez every Sunday morning. The stalls run along the Gare du Midi forecourt; merguez sandwiches lead the queue.
Try: Merguez, grilled lamb, Moroccan-style sandwiches