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Eating and drinking
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Ghent is as fine a place to
eat
as any other Belgian city: its numerous cafAŠs and restaurants offer the very best of Flemish and French cuisines, with a sprinkling of Italian, Chinese and Arab places. The more deluxe restaurants are concentrated in and around the Patershol, while less expensive spots, including a rash of fast food joints, cluster the Korenmarkt. Options include the central
Auberge de Fonteyne
, Gouden Leeuwplein 7, a large cafAŠ/restaurant with kitsch Art Nouveau decor serving Flemish food at very reasonable prices;
CafAŠ Leffe
, Botermarkt 11, a straightforward, inexpensive cafAŠ offering snacks and filling meals of good quality until late every night; and the
Brooderie
, Jan Breydelstraat 8, a cafAŠ with a healthfood slant near the castle and open till 6pm. Ghent has great
bars
too: try the dark and mysterious
De Tap en de Tepel
("Tap and Nipple") on Gewad 7, with its vast and expensive wine list; or the packed
Tolhuisje Tavern
on Graslei 11.
Het Waterhuis
, near the castle at Groentenmarkt 9, serves over one hundred sorts of beer in pleasant surroundings. Other useful information
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