Restaurant Vincent: the Îlot Sacré is getting its soul back

Over the years, the Rue des Bouchers became a tourist trap filled with characterless restaurants serving lousy food and employing aggressive touting tactics to catch unwary tourists. But things are finally changing. The city has embarked on an ambitious plan to upgrade the streets of the Îlot Sacré, while enforcing regulations to weed out the worst restaurants and at the same time attract quality local restaurateurs. Julien Van Beneden, of the restaurant group Accueil et Traditions speaks with us about Restaurant Vincent, one of the oldest and certainly one of the most eye-catching restaurants with its incredible entirely tiled interior, which he has taken over and plans to bring back to its former culinary glory. Alderwoman Marion Lemesre explains what the city is doing to help. www.restaurantvincent.be