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.
Signature drink: Lutgarde, from the beer list
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: Check 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.
Try: Frites cut and fried on site
Tip: Nothing 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.
Tip: Sunday 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.
Tip: The 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.
Tip: Friday 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.
Tip: Tuesday 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.
Tip: This 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.
Try: Falafel in pita
Tip: It 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.
Try: Kebab with fries
Tip: Six 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.
Try: Frites and fricadelle
Tip: Ask 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.
Try: Kebab with fries
Tip: Closed 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.
Tip: Check 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.
Tip: Check the programme before you go. The room changes character completely on a gig night.