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These light but powerful ice creams and sorbets are on the menu of the finest restaurants in the Lille area, and are also on sale in local shops. So there's no reason not to succumb to these sweet delights. Handcrafted, the ice creams are made with top-quality products, and it shows. Promis Juré's vanilla ice cream was even voted^3rd best in France! Whether delivered or collected, you can enjoy them all year round. The eco-friendly tip we like: remember to keep your glass jars - they'll be reused!

Cheeses, yoghurts, milk, cream, cottage cheese and butter: all the production is made with the milk of the 75 cows of Valérie Leroux and her family. Twenty years ago, Valérie started (at the time, it was quite a gamble!) in milk processing. Since then, she has been making Bergues cheese, washed with beer as is the tradition, but she has also created her own cheeses: the Petit Bissezeele, the Bissezeelois or the Bissezeelin, with flaxseed or the carré du Chapitre. And even a camenbergues! A real delight.

Here, golden blondes, amber, brown and special limited edition beers are produced all year round. Michel Dequidt and his wife welcome you in a tastefully refurbished hangar. It is divided into two parts: the one where he receives his visitors and the one where he creates beers with character. Sometimes, the border disappears when he organizes brewing workshops, open to all. He sells his best recipes, but also local products cooked with his beers.

History: It is in 1925 that is born the nougat factory "Nougat Masure", whose production is intended for the fairgrounds and the cinemas. Ten years later, the sign is transferred to its current address, rue du Pré Catelan in La Madeleine. The activity expanded with the work of cooked sugar, and so did the reputation of the company. Mr. Poudanson, at the origin of the company, worked for years to train the confectioners of the Meert house in Lille, as well as three of his sons who worked there until their retirement. During half a century, the nougatery continues to turn, with ups and downs, and tasty culinary inventions as the nougat without almond and "the cream of nougat"! But in the years 1980, the wind turns and the activity beats of the wing. It is thanks to the resumption by the company Afchain in 2011, that the confectionery finds its letters of nobility. The workshop is then put in the standards and the adjoining house is renovated. Today, the nougat factory opens its doors to the public. Groups of visitors are welcomed on the first floor, companies on the second floor, for seminars with a guided tour.

Products: Except for the almonds, all the products used to make the confectionery are local: the eggs come from Arras, the sugar from Thumeries, the glucose syrup from Lestrem. The cooking is traditional and in copper cauldrons.

Advantages: The nougat can be bought directly at the shop-factory, even without visiting the shop. Possibility of tasting the different products before purchase.

Futé: To visit the workshop, visits of 1 hour, are proposed on reservation only (group rate, 15 people minimum, 4 € per adult and 3 € for the less than 14 years; individual rate: 6€ per adult and 5€ less than 14 years). At the end of the visit, a gift is offered to each visitor. And don't forget the tasting! A real favorite!

Welcome to Épicerie Madame, the refined, gourmet world of Juliette Graux. After 10 years in the classical music business, this successful entrepreneur with a passion for good things set herself the challenge of opening an elegant delicatessen in the heart of Old Lille. The challenge paid off, as she was named France's best delicatessen in 2018, just one year after opening! Juliette knows her stuff. Let her tell you all about the secrets behind her chic, cutting-edge selection of condiments, cookies and homemade pasta. Because here, products from the four corners of the world and from our regions are selected for their flavors, of course, but above all for the excellence and know-how of the producers. And most of them can't be found everywhere, like the Roellinger spice blends, the store's best-sellers with evocative names (Poudre des fées, Retour des Indes...). Whether you're just curious or looking for a delicate gift, one thing's for sure: you're bound to find something to please you!

Building on its success, Restaurant Félicie extends its fiefdom with its immense and sumptuous "Maison des Bienheureux". Here, you'll find culinary-themed rooms for unforgettable nights, Félicie's delicious dishes, a bar open all day long for atmosphere and gourmet delights, and a well-stocked cellar with several hundred bottles of different wines and spirits. All carefully selected by Agnès, they are presented to you during free tastings every Sunday, and of course available on the discovery-filled menu!

World champion chocolatier and pastry chef in 2013, Quentin Bailly is an epicurean who asserts his creativity, boldness and sweetness through gourmet preparations in keeping with his Nordic origins. From his mixtures of various candies and pralines as carefully presented as precious jewels, to his macaroons with original flavors, his creations for special occasions, his topped sorbets and ice creams, or his candied fruits and marshmallows, everything is irresistible.

A must-try: Briquettes du Nord and Croustiloos!

The Waale microbrewery was born of the conversion of Andrzej Burzynski, a former IT specialist who dreamed of creating his own beer, with the support of his family and friends. The result is a magnificent production, whose star recipe is a light, slightly carbonated triple amber called Waale (a reference to Wasquehal, the ale and the "Whale" whale in the logo). Its little sisters (Waale blonde and IPA, Squaal blonde and triple) as well as more ephemeral ranges complete the global offer perfectly adapted to the different seasons of this craft brewery.

The inhabitants of Cassel are not a little proud! Since 2016, they finally have their local beer. And this amber nectar honors its birthplace since it bears the name of Bière du Reuze, the name of the famous giant of the city of course! At the origin of this beautiful project is Anthony Debailleul, a young passionate brewer. But what is this beer from Cassel like? It is blond, slightly sweet, and based on barley, malt and hops from Flanders that the brewer has carefully selected. And to find out more, don't hesitate to pay a visit.

For the little anecdote, you should know that the "berguenard" first designates the umbrella carried by the giant of the city of Bergues and by extension the inhabitants of the latter. You will have understood, here we prefer local products, and this since 1985 ! The team will be able to guide you and help you choose the wine, the rum or the whisky that suits you. The cellar also offers a very large choice of digestives, beers and tasty regional sweets. The little extra? A drive and a home delivery system. A good address in Bergen!

Sébastien Verbeke and Alexis Cardot, founders of the cooperative brewery HUB (Hoppy Urban Brew), opened their premises on February 8, 2020. A nice consecration for these passionate people, willing to produce differently, respecting people and the environment. Until then, they brewed in a mobile way, but this did not prevent them from producing amazing recipes, the most famous of which is of course the Transition, a sustainable lager, rewarded in 2021 by a silver medal at the France Bière Challenge. A consecration!

In the heart of Flanders Maritime, Laurence and Hervé welcome you to their farm shop, where they raise chickens and pigs to offer you 100% natural products. The free-range chickens have been awarded the Label Rouge, while the pigs born and raised on the farm are fed with the farm's own cereals. They also make traditional charcuterie, without preservatives or colouring: ham, coppa, rosette, chorizo, dry sausage... Note that the farm also offers a classified gîte (3 épis).

With a catalog brimming with almost 1,500 little marvels, La Cave is one of Lille's top addresses for finding a good drink to celebrate an occasion. Flore (semi-finalist in the national competition for the best wine merchants) organizes tastings and other types of workshops to discover their best varietals, cognacs and whiskies, sometimes in the presence of prestigious brands. Champagnes and beers are not to be outdone, with ranges featuring references from the best French producers and local breweries.

The Thiriez brewery is a family brewery and authentic, natural and secret. The recipes of the beers have been the same for years, which gives the products a real constancy. All year round, you can visit this brewery where you can discover all, or almost all, of the secrets of beer making, its ingredients and its know-how. Tasting is of course a must and takes place in a real Flemish estaminet setting. The shop also offers regional products to accompany your beer.

A very pleasant bakery in the neighborhood that has made its clientele real accustomed. The bread is good and varied and the price is not excessive. A warm and friendly welcome. We get used to it very quickly and we love to return. In addition, you will be tempted by a small pastry, it is 16 hour… Or a generous bakery? An address for small gourmands.

A local butchery-butchery that offers quality products. It is varied, healthy and appetising. Here we know what you are serving and we love to brag about the product to give you water in your mouth. It is simple, when we enter this butchery, we have only one desire: eat! The ideas of dishes and menus suddenly come before so many choices. For large meals or daily, the Devys House is your butchery!

A friendly and clear butchery, where you can eat well and eat good. For daily meals or for large party dinners, you will find everything you need for cooking, dining and tasting. The atmosphere is pleasant and warm, it is a district of the neighborhood, made up of a clientele of used people. And you, will you be part of those people?

At the Crèmerie de la Ferme, you will find more than 300 cheeses by the slice. Among them: bergues, maroilles, mont-des-cats or flax gouda (a must try!) for the most local. You can also taste the classics such as Camembert or Gruyère. Lovers of good cheeses will be in heaven! The creamery also offers dairy products and eggs, but also a nice choice of regional specialities and some beers! If you're new to cheese, let the saleswomen guide you through the shop and they'll know how to please your taste buds.

Anchored in the regional tradition since 1895, the Brasserie la Choulette is one of the oldest breweries in the region, with the Dhaussy family at its head since 1977. They started brewing beer at the end of the 19th century with a steam brewery. Several members of the family succeeded one another until its closure in 1951. It wasn't until 1977 that Alphonse and Alain relaunched the crazy bet of making top fermentation beers for laying down. Today, the influence of the brewery goes beyond the borders. You will tell us about it!

Saveurs et Saisons is a huge organic supermarket with over 650^m2 of floor space, offering a wide choice of organic produce. A member of the Biocoop network, the store has been serving organic aficionados, as well as novices and the curious in search of new ways to consume, since 1996. You'll find everything you need to live organically. We particularly like the organic butcher's department (Sicaba/Coeur de Terroir). But Saveurs et Saisons is also the Ferme du Sens and its wild garden, where many of the foods sold in the store come from. A unique place where you can also buy the beer brewed on site: La Moulin d'Ascq!

Le Corsaire is a caterer located in Dunkerque - Malo-les-Bains.

What a joy to find addresses like this one again! Always a vast choice of breads - how difficult it is to choose! - and viennoiseries, each more appetizing than the last. In addition, there are various baguettes, sandwiches and pastries. Moreover, the bakery has obtained the PTINOR label thanks to its local organic bread made with natural leaven. But what we like most here is the friendly and expert welcome. Ask them questions and you'll learn a lot about the origin of the breads and cereals offered.

In the heart of an old Flemish farmhouse, lovers of sweet treats can discover a vast choice of products made from the patient work of bees and their beekeepers: acacia honey, filled waffles, honey and orange marmalade nonnettes, as well as meads and liqueurs... There are many variations on beehive products, from delicacies to wellness products such as royal jelly, essential oils, propolis and candles. You can also enjoy a visit to the Bee Museum.

La Ferme des Vanneaux grows fruit and vegetables in permaculture on its plots, all in respect of the environment. After harvesting, the fruit and vegetables are offered for sale, as well as fresh and processed products prepared in the catering workshop located in Sin-le-Noble, mainly using products from the farm. Go for the organic apple juice, 100% local! La Ferme des Vanneaux is also a farm that helps social reintegration through employment. A beautiful company committed to solidarity!

It was a crazy challenge that the heirs of the Motte-Cordonnier family set themselves, but after tasting their "René", we can say that it was met with flying colors! What are we talking about? Beer of course! Here, we have been brewers since 1752 and, since 2018, 15 members of the family have joined forces to relaunch the activity and perpetuate this tradition of local and artisanal brewing. Their first-born is the "René", a tasty and light blonde. A successful challenge!

This family dairy farm offers products that are then sold at the Talents de Ferme collective store, near the farm. A way for Pascale and Benoît Baron to continue their adventure by offering their products directly with as few intermediaries as possible. A successful bet for this family! Among the products offered, we find: milk, beaten milk, yoghurts, cottage cheese, cream desserts... You will also find baskets supplied with the well-known Saveur en'Or label.

When Kristina and Mathieu opened their first high-quality artisan bakery-patisserie, they wanted to help the people of Lille (re)discover the true nature of bread. Mission accomplished, thanks to their baguettes and special breads made with organic flours, their assortment of homemade viennoiseries and pastries (croissants, pains au chocolat/raisins, apple turnovers, éclairs, Paris-Brest, mille-feuilles, tarts...), as well as their many variations of sandwiches, salads, quiches and pizzas for your best lunch breaks!

What's on offer? Who's got their mouth watering?

The teams at Amélie's two boutiques will make you melt with pleasure every day with their wide assortments of homemade breads, viennoiseries and pastries to suit every need and craving. And that's not all: one of Amélie's strong points is also its made-to-measure quiche, pizza, salad and sandwich service, which attracts a large number of workers every lunchtime.

At Amélie's, there's something for everyone, at reasonable prices and with a smiling, professional welcome that's much appreciated. So don't deprive yourself of such tasty diversity!

Christophe Paresys has been warmly welcoming you to his bakery since 2006. From breads and baguettes to viennoiseries and individual pastries, sandwiches and hot toast, all his dishes are a hit. Generous and deliciously gourmet, they are sold at prices accessible to all budgets and served by a young, dynamic and very pleasant staff. The owner himself is very friendly and happy to chat, which doesn't spoil anything. A small, family-run bakery that ticks all the right boxes!

Every Wednesday afternoon, the Place Vanhoenacker comes alive with a local organic market. Local market gardeners, producers, butchers, fishmongers and bakers all come together to offer you the very best of local produce. Food-trucks offer a gourmet break with quality street food. This is a newcomer to the metropolitan market scene, having only been created in September 2018. But the success is there for all to see, confirming the transformation of the Moulins district.

This microbrewery now occupies a former spinning mill. With the "Héritage Bière" label awarded to craft breweries, the place is open from Thursday to Saturday. Here you can discover the secrets behind the brewery's successful ranges: La Grange and Mr Houblon... After your visit, head to the bar to enjoy a cold beer with a board or burger. And don't forget that the brewery also offers beer taps for hire, so you can enjoy the flavours of their draught beers right in your own home!

At Inter Caves Croix, you'll find a generous assortment of French and foreign wines, champagnes and other bubbles, a wide choice of whiskies, rums and spirits from all over the world, a fine selection of quality BiBtainers in 3, 5 and 10-liter sizes, an abundance of local and foreign craft beers, and the possibility of renting fountains equipped with 20/30-liter kegs, as well as 6-liter Perfect Draft kegs. A delicatessen section completes this already varied offering. Producer meetings and tasting evenings are also organized. The perfect opportunity to make new discoveries!

Located in Orchies, Inter Caves is a modern wine shop offering a wide selection of champagnes, wines and spirits. With over 550 references of wines and champagnes, 80 Réserves à Vin®, 450 whiskies, rums and spirits, and 150 craft beers and casks, lovers of alcoholic beverages will find what they're looking for here. The caviste is passionate and committed to the discovery of treasures unearthed in France and around the world. In addition to in-store sales, Inter Caves also offers services such as in-store collection, home delivery, equipment rental (draught taps), organization of festive events, tasting evenings and customized gift boxes.

Fine groceries. Special beers, fruit wines, vegetables, cheeses, regional specialities and packed baskets.

Honey manufacturing, royal jelly, mead, spices… Visit and tasting on reservation.

La maison de Maya, is above all the direct sale of market garden products and honey. Sylvie and François Di Nunzio are true committed ecologists. To the point of having built their house themselves with healthy materials. The same goes for their fruit and vegetable and honey production: everything is natural! Tomatoes, peppers and aubergines are grown in greenhouses, potatoes and carrots outside. The bees gather the honey plants in the garden. Not an ounce of pesticide, nor chemical fertilizer and the taste is inevitably felt.

As surprising as it may seem, here is the one and only producer of maroilles cheese in the town of Maroilles! Since its creation in 1980, the cheese dairy regularly wins many awards at the cheese fair of La Cappelle. In the store, a video explains the process of making Maroilles cheese. In addition to the farmhouse maroilles, you will find the Avesnes dumpling or the Cerfmont heart. The cheese factory can also be visited by appointment, but you will have to stay behind the windows, for hygiene reasons!

Impossible to leave Avesnois without its maroilles or flamiche at maroilles. Artisanal production.

Direct sales of maroilles, as well as farmhouse goat cheeses and flamiches with maroilles and leeks.

RÖK is the brainchild of two friends with a passion for the taste sensations of sublimated seafood. Smoked fish, gravlax, tuna sausages, tartars, oysters... all these variations are available in their delicatessen, where you can taste delicious seafood dishes of incomparable freshness, accompanied by a good glass of white wine. Would you like to try a plate of pink shrimp and Noirmoutier oysters?

PS: Nemo et Martin are present at 6 to 7 markets a week, and for all your events on request!

Ze Zoet is the story of Antoine and Émilien, two childhood friends from the Lille metropolis, who meet around a common passion: beer. At the end of 2019, they create Ze Zoet, a craft and local beer, which they brew at the Hardy microbrewery, located in Quesnoy-sur-Deûle. Today, three beers are available: Ze Zoet blonde, Ze Zoet rosé and Ze Zoet IPA. It is possible to order the beer by sending a message on their Instagram account and have it delivered in the Lille Metropolis.

La Ferme des Preutins is a cheese and cream shop located in Preux-au-Bois. There are also no user reviews or comments to give an idea of visitor experience. It is therefore difficult to give a precise description of this establishment.

Located at the gates of the Avesnois, Les Vergers Tellier combines traditional know-how and regional specialties. It is a real institution in the region, for locals and visitors alike. Producers of apples, pears, honey, apple juice, cider and quercymûre (cider with blackberry cream), the owners offer their products in two stores located in Le Quesnoy. There is also a permanent range of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Good to know: Les Vergers Tellier also offer two gites and bed and breakfast!

Flours and Breads bears its name: there are flours suitable for making bread from millers qualié chosen for their products. Also all ready preparations and the mixture of 500 G in which it is enough to add salt, yeast and water, of sugars in grains and the mini drops of chocolate with 44% cocoa and even an bread. Conditionnenent of 500 G to 5 kg. /Order online.

Antoine Gobrecht takes pleasure in delighting beer lovers at his craft brewery. Eager to share the secrets of his hoppy beverages, he warmly presents his 2 tasty ranges. His Premium 104 range includes a powerful triple, an IPA and a pale ale. His LIL range includes (among others) a light, refreshing lager, as well as a non-alcoholic version that won the France Bière Challenge for the third year running! An exceptional production that he improves with each new brew.

Végéta'Ly is the story of Lily, a thirty-something vegan and proud of her inclusive cuisine, who wants to enable everyone to enjoy gourmet products to suit all diets. She works with 100% pure cocoa butter chocolate (without gluten or palm oil), healthy fruits, and "veganizes" classic recipes by replacing certain ingredients (soy cream, coconut sugar, plant-based milk chocolate or chickpea juice) for delicious proposals full of ethical values!

This family-run business has been a long-term experience, quality and culinary creativity for over 20 years. Master of your personal or professional events, Ghysel Caterer accompanies you and advises you in your desires, in order to satisfy you by offering an exceptional service. Refined and tasty, culinary preparations will delight your most difficult guests. Reception menus, cold and hot buffets, cocktails, meals, catering… Nothing is secret for this inescapable lesson. A great success!