Amsterdam Restaurant Find: Hotel De Goudfazant
A restaurant set in a huge industrial space that can accommodate vintage sports cars and an enormous modern chandelier. The kitchen works to a high standard and serves Amsterdam locals with unpretentious but consistently good food. Get the spring chicken. Best bit: Have a round of pool and a drink in the restaurant after dinner. http://www.hoteldegoudfazant.nl/ […]
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Amsterdam Restaurant Find: Le Restaurant
I lived in De Pijp for 3 years, walked past this restaurant countless times but never knew it existed – that’s how hidden it is! This tiny Michelin starred restaurant will impress you with its creative use of ingredients in each course. Best bit: The restaurant is set in an apartment so it really feels like you’re […]
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Amsterdam Food Find: Ijscuypje
Really really good gelato. And if you ever wondered how ice-cream shops make any money in cooler climate cites like Amsterdam, the answer is in the winter months they turn into a Stampot takeaway – genius! Best bit: Super creamy nut flavours ”“ my favourite is hazelnut and pistachio. www.ijscuypje.nl Eerste van der Helststraat 27 […]
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Amsterdam Restaurant Find: The Butcher
This place opened the week we left Amsterdam. There was plenty of buzz going on – everyone was excited to see a new all night gourmet burger joint open with a secret invite only cocktail bar behind a nondescript door. I wonder how long it’ll stay “invite only” in little ol’ Amsterdam 🙂 Best bit: […]
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Amsterdam Restaurant Find: Today’s Amsterdam
A small Italian takeaway and food store that also caters and holds private dinners. Very cute. Best bit: Probably that only place in Amsterdam that sells Faella pasta, which is not only beautiful to have in the home, but also to eat 🙂 https://www.facebook.com/TodaysAmsterdam Saenredamstraat 26 1072 CH Amsterdam, Netherlands +31 20 737 0870
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Amsterdam Shopping Find: Duikelman
A kitchen emporium, everything you need for the kitchen from baking supplies, tea towels and crockery to full kitchens and stovetops. All good brands are available and the staff is very knowledgeable. Best bit: They practically take over the whole street with lots of little Duikelman’s next door to each other. http://www.duikelman.nl/ Ferdinand Bolstraat 68A […]
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Amsterdam Restaurant Find: DiVino Winebar
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) An Italian wine bar that I happened to stumble across when it had just opened a few years back – and what a find! The perfect cozy spot for a simple Italian dinner with friends in the wintertime. Best bit: There’s no real menu, the chef makes what […]
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Restaurant Find: Toscanini Amsterdam
Toscanini serves up Amsterdam’s most authentic Italian food in an airy, light, bright setting. Getting a table at Toscanini is no easy feat for a city like Amsterdam so remember to book ahead! Best bit: Open kitchen and New York vibe http://restauranttoscanini.nl/ Toscanini Amsterdam Lindengracht 75 1015 KD Amsterdam, Netherlands +31 20 623 2813
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Amsterdam Restaurant Find: La Perla
The best pizza in Amsterdam. Best bit: Hopefully the night is warm enough for you and your friends to order a bunch and sit outside on the bench chatting, eating and people watching. If not, hopefully you have a friend living in the Jordaan willing host pizza night – limited seating is the only downside […]
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Amsterdam Fashion Find: Sprmrkt & Spr+
Amsterdam’s best proper concept store. 420m2 of vintage, design classics, TopShop and brands like Rick Owens, Acne and Margiela. Best bit: It’s a store you can spend a good ½ hour perusing in even if you don’t end up buying anything. http://www.sprmrkt.nl/ Rozengracht 191 1016 LZ Amsterdam, Netherlands +31 20 330 5601
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