April 2, 2012
Mons on New Years Day 2012; stopped overnight on the way home from Luxembourg and popped into four of the establishments around the Grand Place: this was our third venture into Mons’s beer bars. Long and thin with raised tables for two on the right, the bar taking up almost all of the left hand side. Modern without really trying, it doesn’t ooze ‘friendly boozer’ or ‘warmth,’ it just has a large beer list: which is why we went in! Cold outside, no tables and chairs out front: those inside were almost all empty, the locals had over done the night before, the young man fronting the place confirmed this and said he wouldn’t have got out of bed either if it hadn’t been his shift! The place was too quiet really, it was 21.00 on New Years Day though: so I had two quick beers, the wife one and we left him with a couple of his mates who looked like death warmed up: I’m sure they were all pleased to see us leave so they could lie down and whine a little. I didn’t think the tap choice was overly impressive, I had a draught ‘Binchoise Biere des Ours’ while perusing the bottled list, ordering a 0.33 cl Silly beer: La Divine. Both beers were fine, the wife had a bottle of still water. Caught the place on a bad day, beers were fine, it just lacked everything else a good beer bar should have.

August 28, 2011
Visited several times in mid-August 2011. This cafe on the main square has the best selection of beer in Mons including some local beers hard to find anywhere else. In good weather you can sit outside and watch the kids play in the computer-controlled fountains. I ordered a steak and it came completely raw on a heated stone so you can cook it yourself to your liking. A must if you’re in Mons.