Les Quilles Libres is a wine bar in Vauban Esquermes, Lille.
Editorially verified August 17, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, 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.
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.
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.
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.
Signature pour: A grower's bottle taken from the shelf
Wine focus: Independent vignerons
Food: Mixed charcuterie boards
Tip: Evenings 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.
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.
