The Best Places in St.-Gilles & around
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Rank 1. Bozar Restaurant
Modern French
Karen Torosyan's pâté en croûte, made by reservation only and shown to you unbaked before it goes into the oven, is the kind of production that makes you sit very still. This two-Michelin-star modern French restaurant occupies a Victor Horta Art Nouveau building, so the room is already doing a lot. The kitchen revives ancestral French and Belgian technique with a precision that borders on meditative, puff pastry very much included.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
- The 50 The 50: #63 · The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 2. La Paix
French
A two-Michelin-star restaurant that has traded its old corner spot opposite the Anderlecht slaughterhouses for a grand Belle Époque hotel, La Paix is mid-move and temporarily closed. The kitchen's signature territory is French technique pulled toward Japanese restraint, with serious seafood running through most of it. A destination fine dining room, the kind where you dress up and clear your afternoon.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 2 Stars
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Rank 3. Racines
Italian
You walk past a small grocery counter before landing in a warm, book-and-bottle-lined Italian restaurant where the menu changes whenever the delivery does. The chef builds the whole thing around short supply chains and hand-made pasta, keeping plates clean and unfussy so the ingredients carry the weight. A natural wine list and a summer terrace make it easy to stay longer than planned.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #49 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- 50 Top Italy #49 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Le Fooding Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 4. Comme chez Soi
French
The Art Nouveau interior by Horta, all stained glass and sinuous ironwork, sets the scene before anyone's opened a menu. This is classic fine dining in the old Brussels sense, the kind of room where sauces are taken seriously and the fourth generation of the same family is still running the pass. A Michelin star. The wine cellar doubles as a private dining room for those who want something a shade more contemporary.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
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The Art Nouveau glass roof in Café Wiltcher's tells you what kind of hotel this is before you've even checked in. The grand old Beaux Arts pile on Avenue Louise has been hosting the famous and the fashionable for ages, and after serious renovations the rooms are properly modernized, with soaking tubs and butler service in the suites. Afternoon tea draws stylish locals alongside guests, and the spa's infinity pool is available for a fee.
The awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Forbes Travel Guide: Forbes Recommended
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Gilded ceilings and frescoes of angels overhead, and a plant-based tasting menu below, which is either a contradiction or a perfect match. This Michelin-starred restaurant in Ixelles has been doing zero-waste, micro-seasonal vegetable cooking since well before it was a dinner-party talking point. The sommelière runs a beverage program serious enough to match the kitchen, and the whole operation publishes a sustainability report, because of course it does.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 7. ANJU
Contemporary Korean
Sang Hoon Degeimbre, the chef behind L'Air du Temps, strips things back here to explore his Korean roots. In a minimalist room in Saint-Gilles, the kitchen puts out sharing plates built around hotpots, kimchi, and slow-cooked meats, the kind of food that reads as generous rather than studied. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the sort of contemporary Korean spot where the bill won't send you outside to quietly recalibrate.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 7. La Charcuterie
Mediterranean
The vintage tiles and butcher's wainscoting are still intact, which tells you this was once a charcuterie and is now a snug sharing bistro in Saint-Gilles. Walk past the deli counter and wine bottles on your way to a table, then order things meant to be passed around: rustic country cooking with a Mediterranean turn that nobody saw coming. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the price point matches the unpretentious mood.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 7. Le Tournant ️
French Wine Bar
The Matongé district's energy seeps right into this small neighborhood restaurant, where the cooking leans on old-school French comfort food with quiet creative detours. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, Le Tournant pairs unfussy, grandmother-style dishes with natural wines chosen by a sommelier who takes that job seriously. The room fills with locals who clearly have a regular table, and the food tastes like someone actually cooked it rather than assembled it.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 7. Nénu
Contemporary Vietnamese
The organizing idea at this contemporary Vietnamese restaurant in Saint-Gilles is anh nhau, a tradition of sharing food and drink with people you like, which turns out to be a fine excuse to order three dishes minimum. The kitchen takes classical Vietnamese flavors somewhere quieter and stranger, lamb wontons and duck's tongues landing alongside smart cocktails. A Michelin Bib Gourmand, and the kind of place that makes a Tuesday feel considered.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
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Rank 11. Flamme
American
The open kitchen runs entirely on fire, so you watch everything get smoked, roasted, or grilled from your seat. Flamme is a buzzy gourmet bistro in Saint-Gilles where vegetables take the lead, treated with the kind of seriousness usually reserved for meat. The menu is short, which sounds easy until you're actually choosing. Let the front-of-house guide your wine; regulars say she's never steered anyone wrong.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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A former art college turned boutique hotel in Saint-Gilles, JAM leans hard into the brutalist bones of its 1970s building, which the younger end of Brussels has decided is exactly the right aesthetic. Rooms run from dorms and singles to private six-person suites, all plywood built-ins and colorful vintage finds. The public spaces are the draw: a Japanese bathhouse with ten private tubs, a rooftop plunge pool, and a bar where locals outnumber the guests.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Hotels
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Rank 11. L'épicerie Nomad
Mediterranean
The slate menu here draws no line between starters and mains, which sets the tone for a casual, tightly packed eatery where the cooking roams freely between mezze, couscous, and grilled beef. The Mediterranean and French instincts sit comfortably together, and the wine list is short but considered. It's the kind of neighborhood spot where no one's trying to impress you, yet the kitchen clearly has ideas.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 11. Les Brigittines Aux marches de la Chapelle
Traditional Belgian Brasserie
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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A grocery-bakery at the door sets the tone before you've sat down. Savage is a plant-forward set-menu restaurant in the Saint-Boniface neighbourhood, where the single nightly lineup leans on herbs and vegetables, with meat or fish available to add from the refrigerated counter by the restrooms, which is a very Savage way to handle the choice. The terrace catches the neighbourhood's easy energy, and the cooking is precise enough that the radish cream and the marinated carrot get their own moment.
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 16. senzanome
Italian
Tucked into the Sablon, one of Brussels' more self-satisfied corners, Senzanome is a fine dining room where the chef has spent years building a loyal following on Sicilian instincts run through a serious technical filter. The interior is cool and spare, pale tones and clean lines that step aside for the plate. Tasting menus carry the room's ambitions; the wine list leans deep Italian. It holds a spot on the 50 Top Italy ranking of the world's best Italian restaurants.
The awards
- 50 Top Italy 50 Top Italy: #15 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
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Rank 17. Fish Tank
Seafood
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 17. Le Petit Mercado
Peruvian
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Asturias
Spanish
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Au Stekerlapatte
Brasserie
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Badi
Cider Wine Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Belle Lurette
French
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Bombay BBQ
Indian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Bouche
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Boulengier
Bakery
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Buddy Buddy
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Calmos
Natural Wine Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Cantillon
Beer Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Certo
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Chana
Vegetarian Indian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Chez Richard
Belgian Bistro
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Cipiace
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Comptoir Florian
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Cosmos
Seafood
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Coudboul
Dessert
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Daily 3000
Pizzeria
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Dekkera
Beer Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Eight
Bagel Shop
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Elbow Lunch Counter
American
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Entre-Nous
Neapolitan Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Fernand Obb
Belgian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Fight Club
Pizzeria
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Flipper's
American
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Frasca
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Fringales
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Ginkgo
Bakery
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Goods
Bakery
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Grabuge
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Grain
Bakery
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Hopla Geiss
Boulangerie
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Horta
Portuguese
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Iyagi
Korean
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Jackie Coffee
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Kaiju
Noodle Shop
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Kami
Café
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Kamoun
Syrian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Kookoo
Coffee Shop Persian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. L'Ermitage
Beer Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. La Bonne Chère
French Wine Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. La Bottega Della Pizza
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. La Boule
Boulangerie
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. La Sardine du Marseillais
Sandwich Shop
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Le Dillens
Café
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Lil Bao
Taiwanese
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Little Apo
Vietnamese
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Malt Attacks
Beer Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. MangiaSempre
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Munch
Pan-Asian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Nnadoz
Nigerian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Nuovo Rosso
Italian
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Ondo
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Pépite
Patisserie
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Perruche
French
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Pois Chiche
Lebanese
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Ptitbeur
Beer Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Rascal's Café
British
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Rebel
Wine Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Renard Bakery
Boulangerie
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- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Stella
Coffee
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Titulus
Natural Wine Bar
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide
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Rank 19. Tokidoki
Japanese
The awards
- Le Fooding Le Fooding: Le Fooding Guide