The menu
The menu at Chez la Vieille, dish by dish, from the gratin de la Vieille to the flamanderole.
60 rue de Gand, 59800, Lille03 28 36 40 06

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À la carte
Prices are those for table service. The menu changes with the seasons and the blackboard tells the rest. And to drink? Good beers, good wine, local aperitifs and digestifs, and an alcohol-free cocktail for the more sensible: to be discovered on the spot.
The French name under each dish is the one on the printed menu: just point to it.
Aperitif boardsLes planches apéritives
Our boards and starters cannot be ordered as a main course on their own.
The small board (2 people)
La petite planche (2 personnes)
Smout (seasoned lard), gingerbread and beer pâté, cheeses, dry sausage.
€8.00
The large board (4 people)
La grande planche (4 personnes)
Smout (seasoned lard), gingerbread and beer pâté and prune pâté, cheeses, dry sausages.
€15.00
Croquette board
Planche croquettes
Maroilles croquettes and smoked herring croquettes, six pieces.
€16.00
StartersLes entrées
Smoked herring croquettes
Croquettes de hareng fumé
Three pieces.
€7.90
Fish soup
Soupe de poisson
€7.70
Maroilles tart
Tarte au maroilles
€7.60
Maroilles croquettes
Croquettes au maroilles
Two pieces.
€7.90
Goat's cheese waffles glazed with brown sugar
Gaufres au chèvre gratinées à la cassonade
€8.20
Black pudding and apple tatin
Tatin de boudin noir aux pommes
€7.60
Cœur des Flandres
€7.60
Duo of terrines
Duo de terrines
Pork pâté with gingerbread and beer, and pork pâté with prunes.
€6.00
The classics of the NorthLes incontournables du Nord
Sides: fries and salad, or braised chicons (chicory). Sauces: mayonnaise, Maroilles, wholegrain mustard.
Carbonade flamande
Beef slow-cooked in beer, with gingerbread and dark vergeoise sugar.
€18.50
Potjevleesch
Pieces of white meat, pork, rabbit and chicken, in a vinegar jelly. Cold dish.
€17.20
Maroilles tart
Tarte au maroilles
Cheese tart. Vegetarian dish.
€16.30
The famous fricadelle
La célèbre fricadelle
Two pieces.
€13.50
Chicken with Maroilles
Poulet au maroilles
Chicken leg and breast coated in a Maroilles sauce.
€16.80
Maroilles welsh
Welsh au maroilles
A slice of bread soaked in beer, mustard, ham and Maroilles, all browned in the oven.
€17.90
Regional platter
Assiette régionale
A selection of specialities: carbonade, potjevleesch, Maroilles croquette and Maroilles welsh.
€23.50
Our specialitiesNos spécialités
Cœur des Flandres
Tart with minced pork, bacon lardons, onions and apples.
€16.30
Maroilles croquettes
Croquettes au maroilles
Four pieces. Vegetarian dish.
€16.80
Black pudding and apple tatin
Tatin de boudin noir aux pommes
Upside-down tart with apples and black pudding.
€16.30
Gratin de la Vieille
The famous chicon-gratin: chicory, ham and béchamel, gratinated with Maroilles.
€16.70
Grilled andouillette (chitterling sausage)
Andouillette grillée
Served with Maroilles sauce, mustard sauce or apple compote.
€16.70
North Sea salad
Salade de la mer du Nord
Raw vegetables, smoked herring croquettes and smoked salmon.
€18.80
Chevriette salad
Salade la chevriette
Raw vegetables and goat's cheese waffles glazed with brown sugar.
€16.50
Smoked herring croquettes
Croquettes de hareng fumé
Four pieces.
€17.20
Children's menu (up to 12 years old)
Menu enfant (jusqu'à 12 ans)
Carbonade, fricadelle or smoked ham, served with fries, a mini dessert (merveille or ice cream) and a 25 cl soft drink.
€13.00
DessertsLes desserts
Chicory coffee crème brûlée
Crème brûlée à la chicorée
€6.80
Speculoos merveille
Merveille au spéculoos
Meringues, speculoos whipped cream, whipped cream and speculoos crumbs.
€6.80
The flamanderole
La flamanderole
Thin regional all-butter waffles, regional vanilla and dark chocolate ice creams, hot chocolate, speculoos crumbs and whipped cream.
€8.90
Brioche French toast
Brioche perdue
Served with a scoop of regional vanilla ice cream and whipped cream.
€7.80
Chocolate mousse
Mousse au chocolat
With salted butter caramel and caramelised hazelnuts.
€6.80
Lemon meringue tart
Tarte au citron meringuée
€7.00
Dessert platter
Assiette gourmande
Speculoos merveille, chicory coffee crème brûlée and chocolate mousse.
€8.00
Café gourmand
The dessert platter served with a coffee.
€8.80
Thé gourmand
The dessert platter served with a tea.
€9.00
Irish gourmand
The dessert platter served with an Irish coffee.
€14.20
Ice creamsLes glaces
Dame blanche
Regional vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream and chocolate shavings.
€8.20
Treasures of the North
Trésors du Nord
Regional speculoos, gingerbread and nougat ice creams, salted butter caramel, whipped cream and speculoos pieces.
€8.50
Colonel du Nord
Regional lemon sorbet with genever.
€7.80
Scoops of ice cream
Boules de glace
One scoop €3, two scoops €4.90, three scoops €6.90.
Menu of June 2026. Prices include VAT and service. Tap water served free of charge on request. The list of allergens is available from the team. Alcohol abuse is dangerous for your health, drink in moderation.