Update: La Tana has move across the street, to Rue de l'Enseignement 27, and beer shop La Tana 2.0 has moved to the same location. La Tana
Onderrichtsstraat 10 Rue de l'Enseignement
1000 Brussel
+32 489 73 19 16
latanabrx
When visiting Rome a couple of years ago, there was only one beer bar to be found in the eternal city, and just a few interesting breweries in the whole of Italy. Much has changed since then, and many Italian beers now equal or surpass our Belgian brews. However, it is still quite rare to see an Italian restaurant serving those beers. Luckily for us, in 2014 two Romans — chef Valerio and his brother — opened a tiny place called La Tana, where they serve great pastas, and beers to match.
The ‘burrow’ — which is the translation of ‘la tana’ — only seats about twenty people, so if you really have your heart set on some delicious pasta, you better make a reservation. So when we noticed the announcement for a “Carbonara Party”, we quickly sent them an e-mail to make sure we could join the fun. Not only do we simply love a good carbonara — which we were sure to be served here — but the announced list of beers was very attractive, and wouldn’t have been out of place on an actual beer festival.
A visit to La Tana usually means we have beer as — or with — our starter, another with our pasta, and a third as dessert, just to try as many Italian beers as possible, since they change too often to keep up. On the downside, this means we still haven’t tried their stout based tiramisu, which probably is our loss…
Although the pasta is totally worth a visit, it is possible to go to La Tana for just a beer. There is a small bar at the window where you can take a seat and have your pick from the fridges or one of the two beers on draught. And the selection is not limited to just Italian beers either: apart from Italo-Belgian microbreweries like White Pony and De Zolder, you’ll also find beers from the Brussels breweries De la Senne and Cantillon, and more foreign breweries like Time and Tide.
Even though La Tana is only a three minute walk from the Park metro station, we don’t go there often enough. That is mainly because of their limited opening hours: most of the week only open for lunch, on Saturday only for dinner, and just a few days for both, so it’s easy to forget when it is open a given day. So typically, when we really feel like going for some pasta, it turns out they’re closed that evening…
But when your cravings for pasta and Italian beer match their opening hours a little better than ours: don’t hesitate and go to La Tana!
tl;dr
Beers
- Two beers on draught
- A couple of fridges with beers from the best Italian brewers
Bites
- Pasta!
- Cheese and meat platters as a starter or with your beer
La Tana
Onderrichtsstraat 10 Rue de l'Enseignement
1000 Brussel
+32 489 73 19 16
latanabrx
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