Amsterdam Restaurant Find: Today’s Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM HOTSPOT FIND: TODAY’S AMSTERDAM | meltingbutter.com

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

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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

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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

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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

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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+

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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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Amsterdam Market Find: Noordermarkt

AMSTERDAM HOTSPOT FIND: NOORDERMARKT | meltingbutter.com

Amsterdam’s most popular organic farmer’s market. Go on a Monday for the vintage flea market or on a Saturday to pick up your week’s worth of fresh organic veggies. Best bit: On a sunny day, get a picnic spread of olives, tapenade and baguette then enjoy on a canal bench. Noordermarkt 9-3 Amsterdam  

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Amsterdam Shopping Find: Marqt

AMSTERDAM HOTSPOT FIND: MARQT | meltingbutter.com

Marqt is the most stylish supermarket you’ll ever go to. It’s a farmers-market-cum-supermarket, similar to that of Wholefoods Market in the US and UK. I adored shopping at Marqt when it first opened on Utrechtsestraat. It’s such a joy shopping in a cool industrial style warehouse reminiscent of an art gallery with some jazz music […]

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Amsterdam Shopping Find: Biomarkt

AMSTERDAM HOTSPOT FIND: BIOMARKT | meltingbutter.com

Grocery shopping in Amsterdam normally means multiple stops at multiple specialty shops. This specialty shop is of the organic variety and the large selection of fresh and pantry products generally means you get to cut down the number of stops you have to make. Best bit: You can feel assured that everything in the store […]

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Amsterdam Bar Find: Door 74

AMSTERDAM HOTSPOT FIND: DOOR 74 | meltingbutter.com

This prohibition style bar makes artisanal cocktails. The bar staff know their drinks and can make anything you want – except sadly, my favourite, an espresso martini. Best bit: It’s across from Duivel, a great hip-hop bar. If that gets too rough for your liking, simply ring the doorbell at number 74 and enter a […]

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