Café Bellot on Rue Jeanne d'Arc in Lille is a neighbourhood bar and bistro in one, chalkboard plates at lunch and natural wine into the small hours.
OrderPotato croquettes stuffed with smoked trout, in trout roe cream.
TipLunch runs on reservation only. A Burgundy red starts around 7 euros a glass.
Le Chat qui Fume on Rue Henri Kolb in Lille is a neighbourhood estaminet doing carbonade, andouillette in beer and a maroilles potato gratin.
OrderThe full welsh, made in house rather than assembled.
TipBook by phone. The kitchen does not take reservations by email.
L'Impertinente on Boulevard Papin in Lille has run as a tea room since 2015, shortbread, cheesecakes and cookies with a weekend brunch service.
DrinkPot of tea with shortbread
TipAfternoons only. Weekend brunch is the busiest service, so book if you want a table.
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.
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