La Brûlerie sits on Place de la Nouvelle Aventure in Lille, roasting on site at the edge of the Wazemmes market with two rooms and a courtyard.
DrinkFreshly roasted filter
TipWednesday and Friday open at 14:00 only. Sunday is the day to combine it with the market.
La Brûlerie roasts at the edge of the Wazemmes market in Lille, a fine grocery and café selling coffee from many origins alongside tea and cocoa.
BeansEthiopia, Brazil, Colombia
BrewsEspresso, Filter, Whole bean retail
TipCombine it with the Sunday market. The shop opens at 08:00 that day and shuts at 14:30.
Lokarria on Rue des Postes in Lille is a Wazemmes cafe-concert with live music, open mics and jam sessions, and an inclusive queer-friendly room.
DrinkLutgarde, from the beer list
FoodBar snacks
TipCheck the programme before you go. The room changes character completely on a gig night.
Friterie des Lilas on Rue Saint-Gabriel in Lille cuts and fries its potatoes on the premises, with fricadelle, sandwiches chauds and burgers alongside.
TryFrites cut and fried on site
TipNothing here is frozen or vacuum-packed. Sunday is dinner service only.
The Wazemmes market fills Place Nouvelle Aventure in Lille three days a week, and on Sunday around 400 stalls turn it into the busiest morning in the city.
TipSunday is the big one and it starts at 07:00. Go early, then eat at the covered hall next door.
The Halles de Wazemmes in Lille hold 25 permanent traders under one roof, butchers, cheesemongers and fishmongers alongside Asian and Middle Eastern counters.
TipThe hall keeps going until 20:00 on weekdays, long after the outdoor market has packed up.
The Friday market on Place Edith Cavell in Lille-Sud is a neighbourhood affair of food, flowers and household goods rather than a visitor destination.
TipFriday morning only. This is a shopping market, not a tourist one.
The Tuesday morning market on Place Martin Luther King in Lille-Sud is a straightforward neighbourhood food market for the surrounding streets.
TipTuesday morning only, and it clears by early afternoon.
The Wednesday market at the Ferme urbaine Concorde in Lille sells what the urban farm itself grows, straight off the plot in the Faubourg de Béthune.
TipThis is the farm's own stall rather than a trading market, and it runs Wednesday afternoons only.
Kousbi on Rue Brûle-Maison in Lille runs a short Levantine card built on falafel, five euros more turns any dish into a meal with a drink and dessert.
TryFalafel in pita
TipIt was built to feed the Wazemmes Sunday market crowd, and Sunday is still its best service.
Aspendos on Rue des Sarrazins in Lille sells a basic kebab with fries for six euros and keeps serving until one in the morning six days a week.
TryKebab with fries
TipSix euros for a kebab and frites is the cheapest full plate on this list.
Friterie des Lilas on Rue Saint-Gabriel in Lille cuts its own potatoes and prices its student menus low enough that Wazemmes queues for them.
TryFrites and fricadelle
TipAsk for the student menu if you have a card. Sunday is evening service only.
Aspendos on Rue des Sarrazins in Lille runs until one in the morning six days a week, with a kebab and frites plate priced at only six euros.
TryKebab with fries
TipClosed Sunday. Six euros a plate makes it the cheapest late option in Wazemmes.
Lokarria on Rue des Postes in Lille is a Wazemmes cafe-concert of live sets, open mics and jam sessions, and one of the city's queer-friendly rooms.
TipCheck the programme before you go. The room changes character completely on a gig night.
Lokarria on Rue des Postes in Lille is an inclusive cultural bar in Wazemmes, running concerts, exhibitions, DJ sets and queer nights.
TipCheck the programme before you go. The room changes character completely on a gig night.
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