The building that houses Herberg De Horne has existed since 1864. As early as the middle of the last century, it was run as an inn and café, specifically on the Liège – Oreye – Hasselt route. The inn used to be called "au passage du Jourdain" (Au Passage du Jourdain) because a stream, unfortunately blocked off, babbling in front of the house. You had to cross a small bridge to reach the inn. This made French-speaking guests, probably after a fair amount of alcohol, imagine themselves on the banks of the biblical Jordan River. Since the beginning of World War II, the inn fell into disrepair and slowly deteriorated until the parents of Stijn Vanormelingen, the current owner, began the first phase of restoration. This took several years, and Herberg de Horne opened its doors, in its current form, in March 1989. At the request of its guests, the café was soon transformed into a bistro. The name "Herberg De Horne" was given to it as a reference to Horne, the name of the village in which it is located. Horne is a hamlet of Vechmaal and the former lordship.