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VALANCKER ....... 160 YEARS OF HISTORY OF LEON



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A few steps from the Grand Place in Brussels, " rich theater "in the words of Jean Cocteau, the island is sacred. At the heart of this neighborhood, the restaurant LEON, Temple Moulds and fries, there 110 years! Evocation of Belgium Joyeuse, LEON is the jewel of Belgian gastronomy.

there has always been funny to Ketjes Bruxesses not just Manneken-Pis. Leon Vanlancker my grandfather was one of those. His story begins in 1867 when it installs a few steps from the Grand Place a small restaurant called "A city of Antwerp." Simple and quaint atmosphere are already at the rendezvous.

Leon Fried Brussels 1936

Twenty years later, his reputation is well established and Leon moved a few steps away, Butcher Street. There, he opened a tavern just five tables that bears his name: "Leon Fried.


Over time, the Brussels, travelers, people are crossing are becoming more ... LEON grows. Meals often saw at the festival.


It Since 1958, the year of the Exposition Universelle, the real climb begins, under the guidance of my parents, when Brussels became the undisputed capital of mussels and fries.
Over the years, Leon becomes the heart of the Sacred island of Brussels, as sacred as the Manneken-Pis. From 12:00 to 0:00, we hasten in good humor and simplicity.

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Anecdotes abound about this restaurant popular for over 110 years, welcomed all the personalities from political, cultural or financial. Guestbook s'enorgueuillit thousands of dedications with, among others, the signatures of Johnny Hallyday, Jacques Brel, Eddy Merckx, Annie Cordy, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Helmut Kohl, Jean-Jacques Goldman, Sacha Guitry, Catherine Deneuve, the royal family and the entire Belgian political class for generations.

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All come to enjoy one of fourteen mussel recipes from home. There are also lobsters, fish, meat, but the real insiders to their favorite spot for the "Pan Special," a recipe, almost secret place pots of mussels served with chips and drizzled with Belgian Beer.

In 1989, the fort Brussels success, I decided to export teaches in Paris. The institution of a century old, so imagine its development internationally.

Exort LEON concept is to export a product but also and above all communicate an atmosphere, an atmosphere, a nod to the great Brel singing so well: ".... Then they will eat mussels and then fries, chips and mussels and wine in the Moselle. .... Jeff Come Come ...."

The success was also the rendezvous. To date, forty-nine restaurants have opened in France and one in Beirut, Lebanon.


Mairs getting back to Brussels, where a real homecoming was made by returning to the restaurant name was originally "Leon Fried. The rooms and kitchen also have been completely refurbished keeping in mind what they were in 1893.

table where I pleasure to welcome you is located exactly in the same place and in the same setting as when the restaurant occupied only 5 tables at 18 Rue des Bouchers.

I close with this thank you for your visit and wish you a good appetite.