Meir – Local tips (snacks)

when I go shopping at ‘Wilde Zee’, I have to get an ice cream from Bieke (summer, winter, it doesn’t matter!).

Hallelujah, you won’t believe how good this tastes. They make everything fresh, all year long. My favourite is the banana taste!

And when you don’t feel like eating ice cream, have a waffle… they’re yummy too!

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‘T Bieke | Coffee & tea, Snacks | Ice cream € 1.00
Korte Gasthuisstraat 8 | Meir | +323231659
Mon 11:00 – 19:00, Tue – Sat 10:00 – 19:00

This is realy brunch & lunch heaven for me. Whenever I’m there it feels like my grandfather is preparing me my favorite food in his own special way, like only he knows how.

Delicious sandwiches are served here. Every ingredient is home made with special care… you can see that!

It’s a nice environment where you can relax on your own, experience great food with a newspaper or enjoy the company of your friends over a delicious meal.

There’s a terrace when the weather is fine.

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Beauz | Coffee & tea, Snacks | Main Meal € 15.00
Mechelsesteenweg 12 | Meir
Tue – Sat 09:00 – 21:00

This old and cozy bar you’ll find in the shadow of the former french Opera of Antwerp: Bourla schouwburg.

This very posh area doesn’t stroke with the atmosphere inside or on the terrace.  It has a no-nonsense feeling and you get your coffee with a filter.

One thing you must order whenever feeling hungry: boterham smos spek (sandwich bacon with salade). Cheap and tasty: a combination I like the most!

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De Duifkens | Bars, Snacks | Sandwich € 3.50
Graanmarkt 5 | Meir | +3232251039
From 10:00 daily

I often come in the café/restaurant K. Zeppos. The name comes from a Belgian tv-programme for kids: Kapitein Zeppos. It played in the years 1964 till 1968 and was very successful.

When you enter the café you see a very big picture of the actor that played Kapitein Zeppos (Senne Rouffaer).

K. Zeppos is a very ‘practical’ café/restaurant. It’s in the middle of the city, but not in the heat of the tourist-zone. It has an enormous terrace on a big square in summer and in winter it is very comfortable inside. Good atmosphere, nice food for an okay price. It’s not cheap, but also not very expensive. Only their tea is way too expensive. That’s why I never drink tea in the K. Zeppos.

It’s a perfect meeting-place for little groups. If I want to see a bunch of my friends we think easily of K.Zeppos. Especially if some people have to eat. You can eat classic Belgian food, but they have also meals from all over the world. It’s a good place where I like to come from time to time…

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K. Zeppos | Bars, Snacks, Restaurants (Intern.) | Main meal from € 15.00
Vleminckveld 78 | Meir | +3232311789
From 10:00 daily

The best place in town  to get Antwerp’s finest cookies!

The delicious and world famous ‘Antwerpse Handjes’ (Antwerp Hands) are for sale right here.

The history about the name ‘Antwerpen’ goes back several centuries and means ‘Hand-werpen’ (hand trowing). That is why we have these great cookies here.

Buy them for friends, because they are a symbol for true friendship, or treat yourself something!

TIP: Nice stuff to give away as a present from your trip…

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Philip’s Biscuit | Shopping, Snacks
Korte Gasthuisstraat 11 | Meir | +3232312660
Mon – Sat 11:00 -18:00