Our café was founded by Louis-François Verschueren (1847-1920) in 1880. Originally, it was only the counter for the sale of gueuze, kriek and fruit liqueurs made by the small family brewery, located in the nearby rue de l'Eglise. The family lived on the first floor of this neo-classical building dating from 1870.

When Louis died in 1920, his son Jean took over the establishment of Le Parvis. In 1935, Jean called on the architect Bautrix who gave the brewery its Art Deco character.

The Verschueren was one of the bases of the Resistance during the occupation: the Belgian National Movement planned its underground press activities, Allied airman escapes, intelligence and sabotage there.

When Jean died in 1952, his three sons succeeded him: Roger took over the management while Franz played for the Union Saint-Gilloise, then administered by his uncle Joseph Verschueren, Louis' brother.

A full-back in the first team from 1941 to 1954, Franz spent the rest of his life managing the club and leading its sporting committee. Witness to the link between the brewery and the USG, the large table of matches to be played, with the plaques in the colors of the 128 football teams of the upper divisions of the 50s, which Roger completed by noting the results with chalk at the end of a rod.

The Verschueren has always been a mecca of associative, militant and artistic life in Saint-Gill. About forty associations occupied the meeting rooms upstairs. This tradition continued until 1986, when the family ceased to operate the brewery, before selling it to the Alken-Maes company. The establishment collapsed with the first management, went bankrupt, and remained closed for a few years, its cachet being obscured by a kind of extension-veranda hiding the façade and the bay windows.

During the change of management in 1998, a lot of work was done to restore the brewery to its original appearance. The Verschueren is now listed but remains a place to live and meet.