Café de la Place

The most straightforward of the Grand Place bars: a long counter, a handful of tables inside and a small terrace out, and a selection of Belgian draught beers that covers the essentials without overcomplicating things. Jupiler on tap for the pragmatic, a Trappist from the bottle list for the principled. Opens early for coffee, stays open late for beer. The kind of bar that every Belgian town used to have and many no longer do.

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