La Cave à Manger de Jacques Dumas on Rue des Bouchers in Lille sells growers' bottles to drink in or take away, with charcuterie boards alongside.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Mixed charcuterie boards
Tip: Evenings only, five nights a week. Bottles cost the same to drink in as to carry out.
Address: 20 Rue des Bouchers, 59800 Lille
Le JaJa on Rue Saint-André in Lille pours from a visible cellar, wines by the glass with generous boards of charcuterie, cheese and seafood.
Signature pour: Whatever the sommelier is pouring blind
Wine focus: Glass-pour list with a visible cellar
Food: Composed sharing boards
Tip: The in-house sommelier runs blind tastings. Ask when the next one is rather than guessing.
Au Gré du Vin on Rue au Péterinck in Lille is a red-brick cellar with a paved terrace, biodynamic bottles drunk among the racks with small plates.
Signature pour: A biodynamic white from the shelf behind you
Wine focus: Biodynamic and organic growers
Food: Gravlax, truffle and tapenade plates
Tip: It shuts by 19:30, so this is an aperitif rather than a late-night room.
Les Frères Pinard on Rue des Vieux Murs in Lille is a wine bar and grocery in one, where you compose your own board from the shelves before you sit.
Signature pour: A bottle chosen from the vaulted cellar downstairs
Wine focus: Regional French list across two floors
Food: Build-your-own cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: The vaulted cellar downstairs is the quieter room. Ask for it when you arrive.
Le Présentoir on Rue Pierre Mauroy in Lille is a cave à manger a minute from the Grand-Place, natural wine with a monthly seasonal card beside it.
Signature pour: Whatever the counter has open from the adjoining cave
Wine focus: Natural wines, hundreds of them
Food: Seasonal small plates that change monthly
Tip: Plates change every month and run 8 to 19 euros. The wine shop next door sets the list.
Les Quilles Libres on Rue des Pyramides in Lille works as a wine shop by day and a wine bar by night, with focaccia and houmous to soak it up.
Signature pour: Whatever is open on the counter that evening
Wine focus: Independent growers, sold by the bottle or drunk in
Food: Planches, focaccias and houmous
Tip: Buy a bottle off the shelf and pay the small corkage to drink it at the counter.
Café Bellot on Rue Jeanne d'Arc in Lille doubles as a natural-wine cave, pouring growers' bottles beside chalkboard cooking in the Saint-Michel quarter.
Signature pour: Burgundy red by the glass, around 7 euros
Wine focus: Natural wines, mostly French growers
Food: Chalkboard lunch, sharing plates at night
Tip: Lunch is reservation only. The wine shelf is priced the same whether you drink it in or carry it out.
Le JaJa on Rue Saint-André in Lille pours from a visible cellar, wines by the glass with generous boards of charcuterie, cheese and seafood.
Signature pour: Whatever the sommelier is pouring blind
Wine focus: Glass-pour list with a visible cellar
Food: Composed sharing boards
Tip: The in-house sommelier runs blind tastings. Ask when the next one is rather than guessing.
Au Gré du Vin on Rue au Péterinck in Lille is a red-brick cellar with a paved terrace, biodynamic bottles drunk among the racks with small plates.
Signature pour: A biodynamic white from the shelf behind you
Wine focus: Biodynamic and organic growers
Food: Gravlax, truffle and tapenade plates
Tip: It shuts by 19:30, so this is an aperitif rather than a late-night room.
Les Frères Pinard on Rue des Vieux Murs in Lille is a wine bar and grocery in one, where you compose your own board from the shelves before you sit.
Signature pour: A bottle chosen from the vaulted cellar downstairs
Wine focus: Regional French list across two floors
Food: Build-your-own cheese and charcuterie boards
Tip: The vaulted cellar downstairs is the quieter room. Ask for it when you arrive.
