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"Café-Brasserie Limbourg" was located near the blendery at [https://goo.gl/maps/Yya9pB3JXYM24rSb6 rue de Fiennes 9]. It was owned by Edouard Limbourg, where he sold his gueuze, and also a popular destination for local farmers from Lennik before returning home on the nearby tram. Ownership later passed to his widow Caroline Speeckaert, and finally to son Edgard. Edouard’s nephew Paul Limbourg (1906-1988) ran the café from 1945-1968. Paul was the son of lambic blender Nestor Limbourg in Gaasbeek. After his retirement in 1968 to his home village of Gaasbeek, the family café was taken over by Artois Breweries. Today the café is now owned by Edgard’s grandson, Dirk.
Edgard Limbourg ran another café and lambic blender in Anderlecht, named "Café Au Pont de Fer - De Ijzerbrug” (The Iron Bridge). It was located on Chaussée de Mons near the Senne river and Port d’Anderlecht. After his marriage to Albertine Meskens in 1928, he worked together with his father-in-law Jean-Baptiste Meskens, and eventually took over the business. Edgard and Albertine ran the café and the blendery until it closed sometime in the early 1950’s. In recent years, the café building as well as the adjacent warehouse and stables were demolished by the municipality to create a park path.
===Family Connection to Gaasbeek (Lennik)===