Where to eat in Lille after midnight, and the classic 2am move.
Where to eat in Lille after midnight. kitchens that keep going, post-bar staples and the classic 2am move.
La Chicorée on Place Rihour in Lille serves regional brasserie food until 04:30 on weeknights and 06:00 at weekends, across three full floors.
Try: Moules-frites and welsh
Tip: This is the only serious kitchen in Lille still cooking at 04:00. Expect a crowd from the clubs.
Le Barbier qui Fume on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille smokes its own meat and keeps the kitchen running until midnight, seven nights of the week.
Try: Beef onglet with shallots
Tip: The weekday lunch formula is 18.50 euros. Weekends run non-stop from 10:00.
The Place Rihour branch of Le Barbier qui Fume in Lille runs non-stop from 10:00 to midnight, and puts smoked ham and Galloway cheddar in its welsh.
Try: Welsh with smoked ham and Galloway cheddar
Tip: Non-stop service all day means you can eat here at 16:00 when nothing else is cooking.
La Broche on Rue de Gand in Lille keeps its spit turning to 00:30 on Thursday and Friday, chicken marinated a day and confited for three hours.
Try: Kebab from the spit
Tip: Saturday runs non-stop from 11:30 to midnight, which is the longest service on Rue de Gand.
Bierbuik's brewpub on Rue Royale in Lille runs to 01:00 on Thursday and Friday and to 02:00 on Saturday, and the kitchen stops at 23:30 then.
Try: Frites sauce maroilles
Tip: On those three nights the bar outlasts the kitchen, so order food before 23:30.
UNIK Kebab in Lille Moulins keeps its counter open until midnight every night, with a complete kebab menu priced at 8.90 euros including a drink.
Try: Menu kebab complet
Tip: Midnight closing seven nights a week, which is longer than most Moulins kitchens.
The Vieux-Lille branch of UNIK Kebab on Rue Royale serves until midnight every night, a few doors from the busiest bar strip in the whole quarter.
Try: Kebab
Tip: It sits on the bar strip, which is why it stays open to midnight all week.
Aspendos on Rue des Sarrazins in Lille runs until one in the morning six days a week, with a kebab and frites plate priced at only six euros.
Try: Kebab with fries
Tip: Closed Sunday. Six euros a plate makes it the cheapest late option in Wazemmes.
Costaud on Place du Vieux Marché aux Chevaux in Lille runs to 01:00 from Thursday to Saturday, shared plates replacing the daytime sandwich card.
Try: Sandwich Costaud
Tip: Evenings turn to sharing plates. The sandwich card is a daytime thing.
La Pépite on Place Sébastopol in Lille is a bar canteen of five euro bowls, the cornflake-crusted fried chicken among them, open until 02:00 on Saturday.
Try: Bowls at €5, including cornflake-crusted fried chicken
Tip: The bowls change weekly and all cost five euros, which is the whole idea.