private industry restaurant beer cafe founded 1998 1998 headquarters leuven belgium number of locations 60 website www.belgianbeercafe.com belgian beer caf is a chain of concept cafe restaurants specializing in belgian inspired food and belgian beers . the company was founded in brussels in 1998 by inbev and now is part of the anheuser busch inbev group . currently belgian beer caf s can be found in 50 cities spread out over 19 countries . contents 1 history 2 international expansion 3 references 4 external links history edit the belgian beer caf concept pairs belgian beers with belgian cuisine . the caf s were designed by creneau international inspired by the look of belgian caf s during the interbellum and incorporating many elements of belgian art nouveau architect victor horta . 1 belgian beer caf s come in two slightly different concepts rural and cosmopolitan . the rural version imitates the typical belgian brasserie which is rather spacious with a large amount of seating and a good view of the comings and goings . the cosmopolitan orientated caf s are furnished in a more efficient way less roomy and are targeted to a different audience . at first the beer menu was limited to only original inbev brands but over the years the number of participating breweries has grown . citation needed at the world expo 2010 in shanghai china a complete belgian beer caf was constructed in the belgian eu pavilion 2 drawing some 110 000 visitors . citation needed the belgian beer caf s were also represented in 2011 at the cleveland wine festival . 3 during the festival a belgian beer caf served stella artois premium lager hoegaarden white wheat beer and leffe abbey beer . international expansion edit in 2011 belgian beer caf s can be found in 51 cities spread out over 20 countries and 4 continents europe asia north america and australia . most of them are located in city centres but the caf s can also be found in hotels and at international airports . dubai sydney prague utrecht references edit creneau international belgian beer cafe concept . official website belgian eu pavilion . archived from the original on august 19 2010 . cleveland wine festival external links edit official website belgian beer caf u.s. retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title belgian beer caf & oldid 743654019 categories companies of belgiumhidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 15 51 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view