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.
TryFrites with house sauces
TipWeekends 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.
TipThe 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.
TipIt 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.
TipAn 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.
TipWednesday 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.
TryFrites with house sauce
TipClosed Monday, and both weekend days run an evening service only, from 18:30.
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