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Le Pigeon Noir is a Belgian bistro at rue Geleytsbeek 2 in Uccle, Brussels, and it holds one Michelin star in 2026. The cooking sits in classic French and country-kitchen territory.
Benoît De Mol cooks from a recipe he borrowed from his father, Henri: unfussy and meaty. The house pigeon salmis is slow-cooked in red wine with a lemony sage jus, and pigeon liver comes on toast. Veal brains arrive barely poached, with tartare sauce and corn salad. For dessert there is homemade sabayon or a café Liègeois ice cream. A small box of Delacre wafers and cuberdon candies comes with the bill.
Retro ad posters, pigeons everywhere, wooden booths and red faux leather high chairs make up the dining room. Le Fooding lists the bistro for 2026 and notes that it has barely changed in decades. Come with your grandmother, and she will feel at home.
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Treat your grandma and cater to her appetite? Le Pigeon Noir kills two birds with one stone at this Uccle bistro that hasn’t budged a feather for at least… decades! Retro ad posters, pigeons galore, wooden booths, red faux leather high chairs, and on the plates, you can expect classic, unfussy cuisine – a recipe that Benoît De Mol borrowed from his dad, Henri. Our lunch was a meaty grand slam: barely poached veal brains, served straight-up with tartare sauce and a few corn salad leaves for good form; the house’s famous pigeon salmis, slow-cooked in red wine and paired with a lemony sage jus, backed up by pigeon liver on toast and some insignificant wilted Swiss chard; and just before paying the bill, a small box of sweets to delight kids (what few there were) and oldies alike, with Delacre wafers, cuberdon candies and sour gummy bears… Maybe next time we’ll have room for the homemade sabayon or the café Liègeois ice cream dessert! // Rosa Poulsard
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