A Belgian enriched brioche loaf studded with raisins, sliced thick and eaten with butter at breakfast or with an afternoon coffee. Sugar-pearl versions exist too.
The word goes back to 1257, when cremmiche was used at an abbey in Nivelles as a measure for flour or bread. Cramique itself appears in Brussels in 1831. It is Belgian by origin and standard across the Nord and Luxembourg, sold by every serious bakery in Lille and eaten at breakfast or as a four o'clock snack. Toasted, it also turns up beside foie gras. Lille bakeries make it both plain with raisins and in a sugar-pearl version called cramique au sucre.
3 editor picks for Cramique in Lille, ranked by editorial score. All Lille signature dishes · Cramique across every city.
Boulangerie Brier ★ 4.3
Vieux-Lille · 118 Rue Esquermoise, 59000 Lille
Boulangerie Brier on Rue Esquermoise in Lille bakes the regional canon, cramique au sucre, palet de dame and a vanilla-filled gaufre of its own.
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Gare Lille Flandres) ★ 4.2
Lille-Centre · 1 Place des Buisses, 59800 Lille
The Place des Buisses branch of Aux Merveilleux de Fred sits beside Lille Flandres station, open from 06:00 and stocked with merveilleux and cramique.
Banana Drama ★ 4.2
Lille-Centre · 20 Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire, 59800 Lille
Banana Drama on Rue de l'Hôpital Militaire in Lille serves brunch every day of the week, including a cramique turned into a plate of pain perdu.