Poechenellekelder
overviewTYPE: Beer Bar (BB)
HOOD: Stalingrad STREET: Eikstraat 5 TRANSIT: Metro/Chrono/S Map HOMEPAGE: Poechenellekelder TAPS: Yes FOOD: Yes |
THE FULL POUR
If puppets reside on your personal list of crippling phobias (see: pupaphobia), you should probably steer clear of Poechenellekelder (Puppet Cellar). Or, perhaps, just sit outside on the patio at a safe distance. Are they still watching you? If you do either of these things, however, you're missing out on a truly interesting Belgian beer bar experience and an opportunity to confront your irrational fear in an prolonged exposure exercise known within the Psychological community as "Flooding." Ahem, but I digress.
Sure, the location is across the street from the extremely overrated Manneken Pis (avoid, avoid), and can sometimes be overrun with tourists at high tide, but there is certainly an ineffable charm to this place. The accommodating staff and extensive Belgian beer selection make it a solid, albeit quirky, Brussels memory.
Sure, the location is across the street from the extremely overrated Manneken Pis (avoid, avoid), and can sometimes be overrun with tourists at high tide, but there is certainly an ineffable charm to this place. The accommodating staff and extensive Belgian beer selection make it a solid, albeit quirky, Brussels memory.
WHY IS THIS ON THL?
Let's face it, a main reason we go to Brussels is to snuggle up to the beer culture and feel as if we're a functioning part of the greater organism. Those visiting for the first time will be exploring the core in and around the Grand Place. When it's time for a break from all of that cultural absorption, Poechenellekelder will have the deep Belgian beer variety that you came all this way to experience. If your traveling companions aren't interested in a beer weigh station yet, as you stroll by the urinating little statue, that's unfortunate. Let them know that Poechenellekelder is where you'll be and use that time to consider why you continue to travel with these people.
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