Expo & Kafie
Ostend, Belgium
The read// why locals go
A breakfast and lunch bar a few streets back from the Ostend seafront, close enough to the Kursaal and the Ensor house to end a morning walk here. Expo & Kafie does the daytime end of eating properly: generous breakfast platters, brunch, and lunch dishes built fresh rather than pulled from a warmer, with coffee taken as seriously as the food. Toast with burrata sits alongside the plates that regulars come back for, and there is a terrace for the days the North Sea allows it. Three separate local sources name it as a neighbourhood favourite. Plates run around 10 euro, and the kitchen shuts before the room does.
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Van Iseghemlaan 47, 8400 — Ostend
The read// why locals go
A breakfast and lunch bar a few streets back from the Ostend seafront, close enough to the Kursaal and the Ensor house to end a morning walk here. Expo & Kafie does the daytime end of eating properly: generous breakfast platters, brunch, and lunch dishes built fresh rather than pulled from a warmer, with coffee taken as seriously as the food. Toast with burrata sits alongside the plates that regulars come back for, and there is a terrace for the days the North Sea allows it. Three separate local sources name it as a neighbourhood favourite. Plates run around 10 euro, and the kitchen shuts before the room does.
