Businesses selling UK fayre have been around in Brussels since Waterloo. There was once a small British quarter. The disapproval is ahistorical. The only new thing about Stonemanor is that it is reached by horseless carriage. https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-irish-suppliers-called-in-to-save-bacon-of-uk-supermarkets-serving-expats-in-europe-12213189
Brexit: Irish suppliers called in to save bacon of UK supermarkets serving expats in Europe

Normally packed with British meats, biscuits and crisps, the aisles are now devoid of customers, the shelves of goods.

https://news.sky.com/story/brexit-irish-suppliers-called-in-to-save-bacon-of-uk-supermarkets-serving-expats-in-europe-12213189
1980. Marks & Spencer in rue Neuve Brussels, Belgium's number-one shopping street.
1960. As well as Old England, there is Old Scotland in rue de Laeken, kilting out men and young people. And two surviving branches of the Old Tom English pub chain. Here's the chaussée d'Ixelles one in 1908. Better than EXKi. Fact.
1960. As well as Old England, there is Old Scotland in rue de Laeken, kilting out men and young people. And two surviving branches of the Old Tom English pub chain. Here's the chaussée d'Ixelles one in 1908. Better than EXKi. Fact.
1960. As well as Old England, there is Old Scotland in rue de Laeken, kilting out men and young people. And two surviving branches of the Old Tom English pub chain. Here's the chaussée d'Ixelles one in 1908. Better than EXKi. Fact.
1920. WH Smith opens a bookshop in rue du Marché aux Herbes by the Grand Place, where French bakery Eric Kayser is now. In 1934 they moved to boulevard Adolphe Max and what is now the travel and history section of Waterstones was the English tea rooms.
The Swan, a Watney's pub in Schaerbeek, 1960s. The Whitbread depot in Molenbeek and an ad for the one in Antwerp: le stout as the English drink it. 'Its strength puts you in a good mood'. Fact.
The Swan, a Watney's pub in Schaerbeek, 1960s. The Whitbread depot in Molenbeek and an ad for the one in Antwerp: le stout as the English drink it. 'Its strength puts you in a good mood'. Fact.
The Swan, a Watney's pub in Schaerbeek, 1960s. The Whitbread depot in Molenbeek and an ad for the one in Antwerp: le stout as the English drink it. 'Its strength puts you in a good mood'. Fact.
The Swan, a Watney's pub in Schaerbeek, 1960s. The Whitbread depot in Molenbeek and an ad for the one in Antwerp: le stout as the English drink it. 'Its strength puts you in a good mood'. Fact.
1876. These are just the 7 English pubs in Brussels that made it into the guidebook. 'Beer, ale, porter etc and you may dine in the English fashion'. Surely that *is* dining in the English fashion.
1819. Post-Waterloo, English investment floods into Brussels, the joint capital of the new country co-sponsored by Britain. A French-language guide complains about the trend for warm, comfortable and well-lit pubs with hand pumps instead of jugs. All inspired by outre-manche.
1819. Post-Waterloo, English investment floods into Brussels, the joint capital of the new country co-sponsored by Britain. A French-language guide complains about the trend for warm, comfortable and well-lit pubs with hand pumps instead of jugs. All inspired by outre-manche.
1819. Post-Waterloo, English investment floods into Brussels, the joint capital of the new country co-sponsored by Britain. A French-language guide complains about the trend for warm, comfortable and well-lit pubs with hand pumps instead of jugs. All inspired by outre-manche.
The Prince of Wales in the alley next to Old England in the Little Britain centred on place Royale. A favourite of Baudelaire, probably because he lived opposite. That's 200 years of locals and UK immigrants hoovering up British specialities. Nothing new, nothing wrong with it.
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