On the 22 of June 1877, our back grandfather, Henri Steppé bought the pub "Estaminet " situated rue au Beurre n°11 (Butterstreet) in the hart of Brussels and paid 15.000 Belgian francs (currency of this time).
Nobody remembers who baptized the pub "A la Bécasse" (In the Snipe). It was probably our back grand father, because from 1877 to now, the Steppé family always remained the owner of this pub.
Our grandfather, François Prosper Steppé, called "Prosper" was born on June 23, in 1882 in a corner of the room on the first stage. Two or three years later, his father bought the house.

The origin of that establishment, goes back much longer. It was a relay for diligences which came from Hal, Leuven or Tirlemont. At that time, there was no corridor and the frontage gave directly on the place of Saint Nicolas church.
Later on, the place Saint Nicolas narrowed because of the construction of houses and was first called rue au Beurre then rue de Tabora, in memory of the battle of Tabora in Tanzania, where Belgian troops enter victorious on September 19,1916.