Posts tagged Ganshoren
Drinking in Ganshoren // A cabaret of the unreal
Drinking in Ganshoren // A cabaret of the unreal

A man walks into a bar, followed behind by his daughter. They exchange a few words in muttered French. A couple ahead of them – man with his arm in a sling, woman fussing over the drinks menu – order their beers in Dutch and take a seat at a rickety wooden table. This is La Charnière, a rudimentary café housed in an 18th century Brussels farmhouse

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Criticism and Comment, Cuisine and CultureEoghan WalshGanshoren, cabaret, jambe de bois, kroeg, brasserie de la senne, Heideken, Marc Didden, Camille Lemonnier, bars
Drinking in Koekelberg // The past, and a future?
Drinking in Koekelberg // The past, and a future?

Change comes slowly to Brussels. But it is coming to the corner of Brussels where the unfashionable communes of Koekelberg, Jette, and Ganshoren meet at Parc Elisabeth in a jigsaw puzzle of municipal borders. Hotel Restaurant Taverne Le Frederiksborg and Bar Eliza represent old and new Brussels, and show in their contrasting fortunes how accelerating demographic changes are reshaping the neighbourhood. They also serve beer.

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Breweries and Bars, Criticism and CommentEoghan WalshKoekelberg, Jette, Ganshoren, Bar Eliza, Carlsberg, Parc Elisabeth, brasserie de la senne, Kids, Brussels, molenbeek