Others are called "brasseries", a term which indicates hours of service. There are also local services, including independent stores, coffee houses and brasseries. He was orphaned as a young child and played the piano in brasseries. The Grand Place and the nearby streets are lined with restaurants brasseries, cafes and taverns. In 1987, les Brasseries intensified its activities. A number of guild houses have been converted into shops, terraced restaurants and brasseries. This partnership expanded into the brasseries of "Rhodes and Co" in Manchester, Edinburgh and Crawley. The new company resulting from that merger was named GSA Brasseries. Also widespread are brasseries, which usually offer a variety of beers and typical national dishes. As Cameroon's economy recovered somewhat in 1995, les Brasseries recovered as well. Philosophers, authors and musicians filled the night clubs and brasseries that line the boulevard. Brasseries du Cameroun, where he did part of his formative years.