Sat, 21 November 2009
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The best unintentionally intimate bar
Le Belgica
32, rue du Marché au Charbon. (no phone) http://www.lebelgica.be
The Belgica has become legendary as the coolest weekend meeting place before you hit the dance floors and, whilst it's seriously gay, it's friendly and welcoming to all. Set around the carcass of an old 20s bar, it's difficult to tell what's new and what's not; designer distressed or just plain run down. Whatever, this place gets packed solid, buying a drink involves intimate squeezing and the toilets are a nightmare. But the atmosphere and hard house music makes it a winner every time.
The best Belgian beer bar
Sitting in the shadow of the St Gilles town hall, this tiny wooden tavern, with its benches and scrubbed tables, its racks of comic strip books and Scrabble with half the letters missing stocks over 1,000 beers. Yes, it is here that the serious punters come to tuck into a Silly Saison or a Pee Klak. Nowhere else in Brussels can you find an equal range. It's dark, it's smoky, the music is dubious, but the atmosphere is as friendly as can be. Nothing to do with the 12 percent beers of course.
The best piano bar
Archiduc
6 rue Antoine Dansaert (Tel: 02 512 0652)
This is a classic. A small art-deco bar borrowing bits from ocean liners and New York jazz dives. Arty types sit comfortably next to old locals, singers get up and join in at the piano, or a small jazz combo will strike up at a moment's notice. It's all hit and miss and there never seems to be much of a programme. As the night drags on, the door is locked and an eye at a grid allows entrance, right through till the sun comes up.
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