Paradise
Bruges, Belgium
The read// why locals go
Paradise brings Polish and Turkish home cooking to Mariastraat in Bruges, run by a couple who cook the way their grandmothers did. The dining room is small and deliberately domestic, with an open kitchen you can watch from your table, and the pastry counter gives the place away: cheesecakes, bundt cakes, fruit tarts and sponge cakes baked to family recipes rather than bought in. Everything is made fresh, and vegetarian and vegan plates sit on the menu alongside the meat dishes. Mains land around EUR 16. There is a terrace for warmer days, and a Selfieccino - cappuccino with your photo printed into the foam - as the house novelty. Two independent local sources name it a neighbourhood favourite.
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Mariastraat 13, 8000 — Bruges
The read// why locals go
Paradise brings Polish and Turkish home cooking to Mariastraat in Bruges, run by a couple who cook the way their grandmothers did. The dining room is small and deliberately domestic, with an open kitchen you can watch from your table, and the pastry counter gives the place away: cheesecakes, bundt cakes, fruit tarts and sponge cakes baked to family recipes rather than bought in. Everything is made fresh, and vegetarian and vegan plates sit on the menu alongside the meat dishes. Mains land around EUR 16. There is a terrace for warmer days, and a Selfieccino - cappuccino with your photo printed into the foam - as the house novelty. Two independent local sources name it a neighbourhood favourite.