Is Brasserie Chez Clément closed on any public holidays?

Public holidays in Belgium are a real test of a brasserie's commitment to opening hours. Chez Clément runs on a seven-day rhythm year round, lunch from 12:00 to 14:30, dinner from 19:00 to 22:30, bar continuous from noon until 1 a.m., and most public holidays simply slot into the normal weekly pattern without disruption. Easter Monday, Labour Day on 1 May, Ascension, Pentecost, the Belgian National Day on 21 July, Assumption on 15 August, All Saints on 1 November and Armistice on 11 November are business as usual, with lunch services often busier than a normal day because families take advantage of the day off.

The year-end stretch is the one moment where the brasserie pauses. The closures are precisely defined: Christmas Eve (24 December) evening service, Christmas Day (25 December) for the full day, New Year's Eve (31 December) evening service, and New Year's Day (1 January) for the full day. Lunch services on 24 December and 31 December therefore remain open as usual. Outside those four moments, no other annual closure is planned, no summer break, no refurbishment shutdown.

For background context, the brasserie has been welcoming guests at this address since 1858, when Henri and Sidonie Clément opened the original coaching inn. Across five generations, the family has consistently treated the seven-day commitment as a core part of the brasserie's identity, which is why the only exceptions to the rule are reserved for the two most family-centred evenings in the Belgian calendar, the evening before Christmas and the evening before New Year, together with the two public holidays that follow.