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Eating and drinking
 

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Inevitably, most of the cafAŠs and restaurants in Bruges are geared up for the tourist industry, with the majority working from a fairly uniform Flemish menu. By and large, standards are high, portions substantial and prices quite reasonable, the only problem being the crowds that make many city-centre places unbearable in the height of summer. Several of the youth hostels offer inexpensive meals , the best of which are those served up by the Passage , Dweersstraat 26, and the Bauhaus , Langestraat 135. For fresh seafood snacks, the fish shops along the Vismarkt are a good bet, with delicious specialities for around a?Ŧ7.

Among Bruges's many eateries , try Taverne Curiosa , Vlamingstraat 22, a lively bar/restaurant in an old vaulted cellar a couple of minutes' walk north of the Markt; Het Dagelijks Brood , Philipstockstraat 21, an excellent bread shop which doubles as a wholefood cafAŠ with one, long wooden table; La DentelliA?re , Wijngaardstraat 33, the most agreeable of the somewhat overpriced restaurants around the Minnewater; Den Dyver , Dijver 5, a first-rate restaurant specializing in Flemish dishes cooked in beer - the quail and rabbit are magnificent; Erasmus , Wollestraat 35, a straightforward, brightly-lit cafAŠ with reasonably priced, mostly Flemish dishes; or Beethoven , St Amandsstraat 6, a cosy family-run restaurant serving top-notch Belgian dishes at expensive prices. As for bars , 't Brugs Beertje , Kemelstraat 5, is a small and friendly speciality beer bar that claims a stock of two hundred ales; 't Dreupelhuisje , Kemelstraat 9, is a tiny place specializing in jenevers and advocaats , of which it has an excellent range; and the Oude Vlissinghe , Blekerstraat 2, is - with its wood panelling, old paintings and long wooden tables - one of the oldest and most distinctive bars in town. The Cactusclub , in the city centre at St Jakobsstraat 33 (tel 05034 8643), hosts quality touring DJ's and bands - everything from rock through to R&B and jazz.


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