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Café Aba-Jour

Address
Oudburg 33, Gent

Café Aba-Jour is a straightforward vegetarian café in Gent that takes plant-based cooking seriously without pretension. The menu works because it's built around seasonal vegetables and grains, not meat substitutes doing the heavy lifting. It sits comfortably in the mid-budget tier — the kind of place you'd eat at once a week if you lived nearby. The room has the easy rhythm of a local café: no reservation theatre, no multi-course pacing, just good coffee and a plate you actually want to finish. Best on a quiet weekday when you can linger, though weekend brunch draws a crowd. Fair warning: if you're tourist-area hunting, Gent's centre gets busy at noon; timing matters.

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Address
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