Lille Pub Guide
Bars - Brewpubs - Beer gardens

Introduction
Lille, known as Rijsel in Dutch, is in the heart of French beer country. Tucked just under Belgium, the area is known as French Flanders and shares many traditions with its northern neighbour. The most important of these (for us at least) is small-scale brewing.

Before WW I there were literally thousands of breweries, though wartime destruction and postwar rationalisation have drastically reduced that number. Still, this is the only part of France where any small breweries have survived.



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L'Arms Park
136, Rue Solférino,
59000 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 38 63 74
Fax: 03 20 38 66 95
Email: contact@arms-park.fr
http://www.armspark.fr		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 19:00 - 03:00,
Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
  • Bavik
  • Petrus Blonde
  • Petrus Ambrée
  • Petrus Brune
  • Wittekerke Blanche
Food: Snacks. Beer €4.70-5.80 for 0.5l.
A rugby-themed cafe. Inside, it´s long and thin with a gallery at the rear.

The draught beers come from Belgian brewery Bavik. The bottled selection is similar to that found in a standard Belgian pub.
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Pub Mac Ewan's
8, Place Sébastopol,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 42 04 42
Fax:
Email:
http://		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 11:00 - 02:00,
Sunday closed.
Number of draught beers: 14
Number of bottled beers: 120
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Food: Snacks, meals.
British-style pub with a large beer selection.
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L'Autrement Dit
14, Rue Royale,
59800 Lille
Tel: 03 20 51 02 22
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Email:
http://		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 14:00 - 02:00,
Sun 16:00 - 02:00.
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Pub with a large selection of draught beers.
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Les 3 Brasseurs
18-22, Place de la Gare,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 06 46 25
Fax: 03 20 06 46 29
Email:
http://www.les3brasseurs.com/		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 4
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Regular draught beers:
  • La Blonde
  • L'Ambrée
  • La Brune
  • La Blanche de Lille
Food: Snacks, meals.
Brewpub handily situated directly opposite the main train station. The interior is full ofdark wood and vaguely pub-like. There is a small terrace outside on the pavement. It´s one of the oldest new-wave breweries in France, having been founded in 1986.

The building also houses a hotel.
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Le Bastringue
168 Rue Solférino,
59000 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 57 60 22
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Email:
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Opening hours: Mon - Sat 18:00 - 02:00,
Sunday closed
Number of draught beers: 8
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Pub with a selcetion of beers from the Duyck brewery.
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Le Hochepot
6, rue du Nouveau Siècle,
59000 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 54 17 59
Fax: 03 20 57 91 68
Email:
http://		  
Opening hours: Mon - Fri :00 - 14:00 - 22:00,
Sat 18:00 - 22:00,
Sunday closed.
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Restaurant specialising in local dishes, including some cooked with beer.
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Micro Brasserie Omnia Bar
9, rue Esquermoise,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 57 55 66
Fax: 03 20 57 95 55
Email:
http://		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 03:00
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  • Blonde
  • Ambrée
  • Blanche
Food: Snacks, meals.
Brewpub in a former cinema. It used to be called Taverne de L'Ecu. The interior is cavernous (as you would expect) kitted out in a fairly bland, slightly kitsch style. The location - just off the Grande Place - is very convenient.

***** NO LONGER BREWS *****
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Au Palais de la Biere
11b Place de la Gare,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 06 38 94
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Food: Snacks.
Bar opposite the train station with a good beer selection.
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Café la Taverne Flamande
15 place de la Gare,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 55 11 26
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Food: Snacks.
Another pub located the train station with a large beer list. In the style of a traditional Flemish estaminet. Even sells some French beers.
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Estaminet du Géant des Flandres
81 rue Esquermoise,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 54 97 69
Fax: 03 20 09 13 58
Email:
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Traditional-style estaminet with a good beer selection and local food.
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T'Rijsel
25 rue de Gand,
59800 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 15 01 59
Fax: 03 20 55 09 45
Email:
http://		  
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Food: Snacks,.
A small, traditional estaminet.
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Le Café de Paris
5 place de la République,
59200 Tourcoing.
Tel: 03 20 26 47 16
Fax: 03 20 36 52 89
Email:
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Pub in the centre of Tourcoing offering many local beers.
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Lille Pub Guide
Beer shops


L'Abbaye des Saveurs
13, rue des Vieux Murs,
Lille.
Tel: 03 28 07 70 06
Fax:
Email:
http://www.abbayedessaveurs.com/		  
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Number of draught beers: n/a
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Food: Snacks, meals.
Shop specialising in beer from the North East of France.
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A les Chopes
335, rue Léon Gambetta
59000 Lille.
Tel: 03 20 74 14 65
Fax:
Email:
http://		  
Opening hours: Mon - Sat 10:00 - 13:00 and 15:30 - 20:30,
Sun 10:00 - 14:30
Number of draught beers: n/a
Number of bottled beers: 300
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Food: n/a
A specialist beer shop which also brews.
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