Restaurants

The cafetaria of the Germinal with its restaurant upstairs

Restaurants

Romantic dining with splendid panorama in the top floor restaurant of the Atomium

Reasonable priced menu’s in the Löwenbrau restaurant, which was situated in the Atractions Park. People enjoyed the typical Oberbayern fun while they had a bite to eat

Whitbread promotion advertisement for the Britannia Inn which was part of the British Section

A covered terrace of a large restaurant in the Folklore Section

Pros Verbruggen, the well-known Expo tv-reporter while waiting for his order by a small tropical snack bar

These buddies are posing at the entrance of «Le Chateaubriand » a nice restaurant in the Modern Section

The exquisite Praha Restaurant was part of the Czechoslovakian pavilion

The hemispheric design of the dining room created a unique sphere

Prince Albert (today ‘s king of Belgium) while trying to eat on a typical way in the Japanese pavilion

One of the many drink-stands at Expo 58

Queen Juliana of Holland on a visit in the Canadian restaurant L'Alouette Canadienne

The self-sevice restaurant in the Liebig pavilion: People became acquainted with a new procedure op soupmaking. Most of them were surprised by the selected variations of instant soup.

Delicious varities of cheese by Franco-Suisse

The snackbar of Haelterman, one of the many restaurants in the Belgian section

The pavilion of Elegancy was also used for official diners and receptions

Snake vendor in the folklore section

List of the larger restaurants (with number of seats)

Foreign Section

- Pavilion of Germany: Bierhaus (420), Luxe Restaurant (200)

- Pavilion of Argentine: Canterbury-Expo (125)

- Pavilion of Canada: L'Alouette Canadien (500), Bar (150), outdoor (100)

- Pavilion of Spain: Pabellon Espanol (130)

- Pavilion of France: Restaurant De France (220)

- Pavilion of Hungary: Hungarian Restaurant (700)

- Pavilion of Italy: Taverne (50), Luxe Restaurant (200), Bar-Café

- Pavilion of Japan: Japanese Restaurant (35)

- Pavilion of Luxembourg: Restaurant Luxembourg (300)

- Pavilion of Netherland: Heinekes Hoek (100), outdoor (50)

- Pavilion of Portugal: Le Porto (110)

- Pavilion of Czechoslovakia: Praha Restaurant (350)

- Pavilion of Tunisia: Tunisian Restaurant (200)

- Pavilion of Turkey: The Golden Horn (70)

- Pavilion of USSR: Rossia Restaurant (300)

- Pavilion of USA: Restaurant Brass Rail (464)

- Pavilion of Yugoslavia: National Yugoslavian Restaurant (350)

- Pavilion of Holy See: Civitas Dei Restaurant (600)

Belgian Section and Belgian Congo

- Atomium: top floor Restaurant (140), Ginder Ale (125)

- Pavilion of Glass and Ceramics: Bar Cold Buffet (100)

- Pavilion of Civil Engineering: Cold Buffet (100)

- Pavilion of Agri- and Horticulture: Restaurant Azalea (1000)

- Pavilion of Electric Power: Le Metropole (425), oudoor (300)

- Pavilion of Gas: Le Wiel's (485)

- Pavilion of Paper & Graphic Arts: Alzasser Beerhouse Kronenburg (200)

- Reception Hall: Self-Service

- Zoo pavilion: Self-Service (150), outdoor (300)

- Main Hall of Belgian Congo: Le Matadi (750), Self-Service

- French Wine House: Le Relais (130)

- Avenue Passerel: Brasserie 't Keizerhof (2300)

- Garden of 4 Seasons: Snackbar Haelterman (500)

- Modern Garden: Self-Service Liebig (300)

- Modern Garden: Self-Service Franco-Suisse (220)

- Modern Garden: Germinal (1500)

- Park Ossegem: Year 2000 Restaurant (250+400)

Folklore Section and Attractions Park

- Cheerful Belgium: Club-Dancing Ambassador (250)

- Cheerful Belgium: Belle Vue De Directoire (400)

- Cheerful Belgium: Relais De L'Abbaye De Theleme (160)

- Cheerful Belgium: Tournebize (110)

- Cheerful Belgium: Tournebroche De Paris (68)

- Fun Fair: Roman Cellar (500)

- Fun Fair: Swiss Cottage (300)

- Fun Fair: Oberbayern (4000)

- Fun Fair: Cold Buffet Blaue Donau (1350)

- Heliport: Café-Restaurant Helistar (750)

Restaurants

Not only exotic cultures and innovations were to explore at Expo 58, even the native kitchen of some participations could be tasted.

There were a lot of places to eat and drink at Expo 58, from small snackbars to high class restaurants.

A total of 30 000 square metres was occupied by eating houses, snack-bars, restaurants and drink stands. The entire food facilities offered more than 20000 cooks and waiters a busy job. About 70 restaurants, mostly part of a contribution, were spread over the exhibition grounds.

A great number of restaurants could be found in the Folklore section and often visited by people who loved the rural environment of the old buildings. Typical Belgian and Flemish plates were frequently annonced on menu carts, but the nearby Modern Section together with the Attractions Park had some common eating possibilities.

Visitors of certain (exotic) restaurants were not allways equally enthousiast about the served up culinary courses.

Well-attended for their kitchen were de restaurants of the pavilions of Russia, Mexico and Japan.

The Russian restaurant, located just nearby the main entrance, seated more than 250 people. Regional Russian specialities were served up.

A tavern with tatched roof was part of the terrrace of the Mexican pavilion. People could taste there specific Mexican drinks and typical food like tortilla's and quesadilla's.

Next to the pavilion of Japan, there was a true-to-life reconstruction of the world-famous Japanese gardens with a restaurant serving Sukiyaki (cooked meat and vegetables).

Also other curious restaurants were located in the Belgium section where pavilions of Gas and Electricity got their kitchens equiped with glass walls. People could watch the cooks preparing the meal-orders.

The Hall of Elegancy at the Esplanade was also a special consumers place for official banquets and receptions. Not for common people but only invited guests could enjoye the great pomp and circumstance of this building.

Special eating possibilities in the 100 metres high situaded Atomium restaurant where people enjoying their meal with a splendid panorama of the world fair. Another special place for dining was the hemispheric dining room of the Praha restaurant.

But Expo 58 introduced new food by many of its visitors. Since the discovering of Coca-Cola, barbecue, fried chicken, sandwiches, hamburgers, soft-ice, filet Americain, instant soup and so on, the Belgian eating habit changed forever!

The busy outdoor restaurant of the German pavilion

A bistro, a coffeeshop, a snackbar, a large restaurant and all about food in the pavilion of the Food Industries

The Brass Rail restaurant of the USA pavilion with soda fountains on the counter.

Amazing visitors discover the American way of eating

Plenty of comfortable picnic places at Expo 58 for this older couple while a gentleman enjoyed culinary specialites with caviar in the Russian restaurant

The freestanding hexagonal restaurant of the Hungarian contribution