Pepingen Who, after a brisk walk to enjoy a coffee and cake, can now visit at Bardaloue, the coffee shop of Nancy Wine. She threw her whole life and made a dream come true. “I made my hobby my profession,” she says.
On her 53rd decided Nancy a new direction to her life and to give. She worked for years at the construction company of her husband, but found the time to own a coffee shop to open. “At first we thought to a commercial building to rent,” explains Nancy. “But such a building will cost to bake money. When I with my husband together was, we came up with the idea for our living room as a coffee bar. My children are out of the house, so it seemed like a perfect solution. What started as a crazy plan, soon became reality. And the stores: people feel at home in our former living room. The cosy atmosphere ensures that many people here to stay longer than expected.”
From bourdaloue to bardaloue
a Few years ago, closed last café of Beert the doors. Now there is finally again a pub in the city centre. In the shadow of the Saint-Augustinuskerk was Bardaloue under the baptismal font held. “The name comes from bourdaloue, a famous pear cake from France. I’m in my heart for years lost to Paris and go there regularly in the city. Every time I go to the same pastry to ‘une tarte bourdaloue’ to taste. The owner gave me finally the recipe of bourdaloue. I found it eventually, a suitable name for my coffee shop. All I have it a little distorted: Bardaloue.”
