The guinguettes are back in town: Celebrating Brussels' summer bars

Hot town, summer in the city… well the sun is finally making an occasional appearance and where better to enjoy some rays than in one of Brussels’ array of summer ‘guinguettes’?The name guinguette refers to a popular cabaret restaurant that developed at the end of the 19th century in the Paris region. Often located on river banks, they were a place to relax and have fun. Brussels does not enjoy a river, but it does boast a selection of stunning parks – and this is where its Barc family of guinguettes – or summer bars – have made their home.The new kid on the block – Bar Vincent in Evere’s Parc Bon Pasteur, has opened already, offering the Ba…