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Bar(t)-à-vin is a Antwerp bistro at Lange Slachterijstraat 3, where the kitchen cooks classic French brasserie food. Gault&Millau gave it 13 points in 2026. The restaurant occupies a former pig slaughterhouse in the Slachthuiswijk district, and its art deco tiling dates from the 1920s.
The menu is deliberately small and built around fresh produce. The chefs add new suggestions as the ingredients arrive. The house steak tartare is the signature, and many guests describe it as the best they have ever eaten. Crispy toast with freshly sliced pata negra, celeriac and mustard seeds shows how the kitchen balances nostalgia with bright, simple flavours.
Copper saucepans and cast-iron dishes sit against the original tiles, and the room seats only about twenty guests. The wine selection rotates across roughly 300 bottles, mostly from Europe, with an emphasis on finesse and balance. There is no printed wine list, so the team guides guests toward a bottle. Reservations are not required but are strongly advised.
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The art deco tiling of the former pig-boning workhouse hasn’t budged an inch since the 1920s. And the sausages hanging from the hooks above the piano and the slicing machine wedged in tight on the counter tell the same story, that of the ghost of Antwerp’s slaughterhouses, which used to be located at the end of the street. To a backdrop of copper saucepans and cast-iron dishes, Bart Adriaenssens and Tom Vanderborght set the tables without batting an eyelash, serving around 20 customers real brasserie grub that’s seasonal and made on the spot: crispy toast with freshly sliced pata negra, celeriac and mustard seeds for a taste of nostalgia; a punchy steak tartare – à la française – that doesn’t mess about, with ad hoc sautéed potatoes on the side; and that evening, ribeye steak fresh from the grill nestled up against raw endives. // Kiko Zushi
In Antwerp's Slachthuiswijk, Bart Adriaenssens converted a former pig slaughterhouse, complete with original 1923 tiles, into a charming restaurant. Enthusiasts of classic French bistro dishes are in the right place here. Perfec...
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