La Friterie du Splendid on Place du Mont de Terre in Lille is a neighbourhood baraque, frites cooked properly and served with sauces made in house.
Try: Frites with house sauces
Tip: Weekends are evening service only, and the queue builds fast after 19:00.
Brasserie Fives Cail brews inside the old metalworking halls on Place des Ouvriers in Lille, with a taproom looking straight onto the fermenters.
Tip: The core range is named for what the factory once built: Pont Levant, Locomotive, Ascenseur, L'Internationale.
The Sunday market on Place Madeleine Caulier in Fives runs around forty stalls of food, flowers and household goods with Asian and Maghrebi counters.
Tip: It is the east-side alternative to Wazemmes on a Sunday, and it is considerably less crowded than Wazemmes.
The Tuesday afternoon market on Place Degeyter in Fives is a small regional and artisanal one, produce, meat and confectionery from 15:00 to 19:00.
Tip: An afternoon market rather than a morning one, which makes it useful if you cannot do 07:00.
The Wednesday market on the church forecourt at Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin in Lille is a neighbourhood food market at the corner of Rue A. Leroy.
Tip: Wednesday morning only, on the forecourt rather than a square.
La Friterie du Splendid on Place du Mont de Terre in Lille is a working baraque à frites, cheap plates of frites with sauces made on the premises.
Try: Frites with house sauce
Tip: Closed Monday, and both weekend days run an evening service only, from 18:30.