
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Lille: Scavenger hunt and beer tasting in Old Lille
Join a beer-themed scavenger hunt in Old Lille. Your game includes discovering the city, the history of Lille beer, and tastings!
Les Quilles Libres is a wine bar in Vauban Esquermes, Lille.
Editorially verified August 17, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Planches, focaccias and houmous
Tip: Buy a bottle off the shelf and pay the small corkage to drink it at the counter.

Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Join a beer-themed scavenger hunt in Old Lille. Your game includes discovering the city, the history of Lille beer, and tastings!

Guided tour · 2 hours
A guided zythological walk that will take you from specialized bars and wine merchants to micro-breweries to discover the know-how and the brewing revival that is shak...

Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Discover Lille in a different way through a sensory experience combining a city discovery tour, a meeting with a local brewer, and a friendly tasting.
Address: 45 Rue des Pyramides, 59000 Lille
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.
PourBurgundy red by the glass, around 7 euros
WineNatural wines, mostly French growers
FoodChalkboard lunch, sharing plates at night
TipLunch 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.
PourWhatever the sommelier is pouring blind
WineGlass-pour list with a visible cellar
FoodComposed sharing boards
TipThe 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.
PourA biodynamic white from the shelf behind you
WineBiodynamic and organic growers
FoodGravlax, truffle and tapenade plates
TipIt 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.
PourA bottle chosen from the vaulted cellar downstairs
WineRegional French list across two floors
FoodBuild-your-own cheese and charcuterie boards
TipThe vaulted cellar downstairs is the quieter room. Ask for it when you arrive.
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.
PourA grower's bottle taken from the shelf
WineIndependent vignerons
FoodMixed charcuterie boards
TipEvenings only, five nights a week. Bottles cost the same to drink in as to carry out.
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.
PourWhatever the counter has open from the adjoining cave
WineNatural wines, hundreds of them
FoodSeasonal small plates that change monthly
TipPlates change every month and run 8 to 19 euros. The wine shop next door sets the list.