The best regional grocery stores Nord

A perfect stopover for waffle fans! Sweet memories of childhood surface when you bite into the excellent products of Jean-François Brigant, an expert among experts. The classic waffle is filled with vergeoise straight from the irons, while vanilla waffles are a favorite with children. There are also waffles with rum, Grand Marnier, chicory, speculoos, violets and even Wambrechies whisky! Stop off at the Petit musée de la gaufre.

To succeed, Pascal Leblanc and his team are at your disposal. Whether for private or professional receptions, business lunches, family meals, cocktails, lunches… Le Blanc Traiteur brings its know-how to quality service. The products are exclusively made home in accordance with tradition (charcuterie and pastry). The twenty employees personalize everything according to your desires, your needs or your desires and also offer superb feast menus with lobster, white boudin, flounder, can, chapon, ris… and all kinds of logs for dessert. Let them do it, they care about everything!

You can't miss this yellow brick farm well-known of the inhabitants of maritime Flanders. It's quite well indicated in addition! At the Ferme de Grommendyck, pigs are fed with cereals, allowing it to offer the sale of traditional pork charcuterie and pork meat with authentic and good taste without colouring or preservatives! At the shop, you can find pork meat (ham, sausages, sausages), charcuterie (pâté, sausages, blood sausage…) and preserved pâtés and sautéed meats. To offer or to enjoy, the Ferme du Grommendyck also offers packages to taste a selection of their products. Other shops also offer the products of the house: Au Panier Flamand in Hazebrouck, and Talents de Ferme in Wambrechies. It is also possible to find them on the markets of Bourburg (Tuesday morning), Textingughem (Tuesday afternoon), Dunkirk (Wednesday and Saturday morning) and Gravelines (Friday morning). Note that the Ferme du Grommendyck offers guest rooms and houses, to spend a peaceful moment in the heart of the countryside and is labelled Bienvenue à la ferme.

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

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

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.

Lucullus, named after a Roman general famous for organizing feasts, is a mille-feuille of smoked beef tongue and foie gras. The family business has been handing down the recipe from generation to generation for half a century. A range of jams and brown sugar jams has recently been added to the offer. Its strawberry jam was awarded a gold medal at the Concours Général Agricole in 2015. Who said a factory outlet visit couldn't be original and tasty?

Defroidmont isTHE store of regional products, located in the small village of Maroilles which is famous for its cheese. You will find more than 200 quality products, fresh and frozen, a wide range of regional aperitifs, beers from the North, but also artisanal charcuterie and ready-made meals. Without forgetting the chocolates, sweets, jams and honeys! The ideal place to make a 100% Ch'ti gift and to make discover the flavors of the soil, since the store has a great choice of filled baskets ready or to make on the spot.

Talents de Ferme is a group of farmers who have decided to bring together in one place the products of their farms. No intermediaries, the producer sells directly to the consumer: this is what we call the short circuit. In this large store, you can shop for fresh produce for the week: meats, fruits and vegetables, dairy products, groceries, and even pastries and ice cream. The plus: farmers are often present in the store to advise you and present their products.