Hotel Metropole, Brussels
- Also Known As: NV HOTEL METROPOLE SA
- Address: 31 Pl De Brouckere
- Vicinity: Rue du Fosse aux Loups
- Neighborhood of Brussel-Centraal in Brussels, BE
- Phone: 32 2 217 23 00
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1890/00/00 | Prosper and Edouard Wielemans, two brothers with a brewery, open the Cafe Metropole. Due to their tremendous success, they buy the neighboring building (the former "Caisse d'Epargne" headquarters) and turns it into the Hotel Metropole Brussels. | |||||
1936/00/00 | Perle Reid Mesta | Dignitary | Bartender, Gustave Tops, creates the Black Russian at the Hotel Metropole in Brussels in honor of Perle Mesta, US ambassador to Luxembourg. | Black Russian |
Particulars for Hotel Metropole, Brussels: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Sight Category | Building |
Area of Design | Decorative Arts |
Historic Use | Hotel |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
Lodging | |
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Lodging Attribute | Boutique Hotel |
Lodging Attribute | Grand Hotel |
Lodging Style | Hotel |
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