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A M Sweet
This delightful sweet shop sells Belgian chocolates, biscuits and confectionary in charming packaging, not to mention Frères Mariage teas from Paris. You can also pick up home-made cakes, pies and pastries to take back to the hotel, or enjoy them in the tiny on-site tea room.
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Beermania
Belgium's first specialist beer shop, now complete with a tasting café , is a great first or last stop. With some 400 brews to behold, it's an ideal place to get acquainted with key players and rare nectars. There's no menu or price list - just wander around and point to the one(s)you want.
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Corné Port Royal
First chocolate shop en route from Gare Central to the Grand Place and recommended if you can't hang out a minute longer. Friendly service, well priced and higher quality than bulk handlers such as Leonidas.
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Crush Wine
Brussels is too self-respecting to have a Fosters-spouting Aussie-theme bar, but international enough to have this wondrous cellar stocking over 190 Australian wines (the most comprehensive selection in Europe). Look out for rare drops from Tasmania and deliberate over dozens of Margaret River reds. There are daily tastings and tapas and regular wine events; call ahead for its schedule of Saturday openings.
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Dandoy
Established in 1829, Brussels' best-known biscuiterie has five branches around town, including this one with an attached tearoom. The chocolate for Dandoy's choc-dipped biscuits is handmade by Laurent Gerbaud.
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De Biertempel
As its name implies, this shop is a temple to beer, stocking upwards of 700 brews along with matching glasses.
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Galler
A step up from chain shops such as Godiva and Neuhaus and the one to choose if orange livery is your thing. A reputation for innovative flavours and a handy location just off the Grand Place.
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GB Express
Little supermarket near the Grand Place. There is another branch in Ste-Catherine (Quai au Bois à Brûler 4)
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Marché Du Châtelain
This gourmet food market brings trendy Bruxellois out in force. After you've finished shopping, hit one of the bars surrounding the square.
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Mary's
Established in 1919, and supplying Belgium's royal family with chocolates since 1942, Mary's is the grande dame of praline (filled chocolate) makers. All 70-plus varieties of all-natural chocolates (including scrumptious coffee creams) are created entirely by hand.
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Neuhaus
Stunning chocolate shop with stained-glass windows and sumptuous displays. Established in 1857 and is now a reasonably priced, national chain.
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Pierre Marcolini
Brussels-born Marcolini is the wunderkind of Belgian chocolate-makers, whose pralines include melt-in-your-mouth ganaches (cream-filled chocolate) made from exotic teas. Other Marcolini innovations include quirky bunny-eared Easter eggs. Make your selection from the glass counter then head to the back room to pick up your order. There's talk of a tea room opening soon upstairs.
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Planète Chocolat
You can catch praline-making demonstrations every Saturday at (around €7 ) at this experimental chocolate shop famed for its chocolate floral 'bouquets' and other innovative shapes. If the weather's behaving you can sip hot chocolate on the tearoom's outdoor terrace.
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Wittamer
Did someone say world's best chocolatier? It's a big call to make, but this humble patisserie that branched out into chocolate almost 15 years ago is definitely a short-odds starter. The store at number 12 remains one of the finest patisseries around, while number 6 produces sweet souvenir treats for the folks back home.
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