The new lobster and fish restaurant ‘The Lobster House + Studio’ opens its doors on the Frederiksplein in Amsterdam. You can go there for a dinner with oysters or lobsters but also for fresh sandwiches, salades and pasta with fish. The restaurant is located in an old parking garage. That gifs it an industrial look and feel. Look at the website for the menu.
On the 8th of December, Ibericus Amsterdam opened its doors. This specialty shop, located in the Haarlemmerstraat, offers several delicacies of the famous Ibérico pig, also known by the unoffical nickname ‘the Pata-Negra pig’. The ham will be cut on the spot, or served on a sandwich to-go or to enjoy in the seating of the shop. Ibericus Amsterdam is open seven days a week.
The new freezer store Min Twintig (Minus Twenty) opened at the Haarlemmerdijk in Amsterdam. They offer lots of different one person meals. The meals are directly frozen after preparation without the use of preservatives. They offer serveral soups, hotchpots, fish and meat dishes.
Saturday the new club Barkode at the Wagenstraat in Amsterdam opens its doors. The concrete, robust decoration, give the visitor the feeling that everything is allowed. No strict door policy, glamour or glitters. Everybody is welcome, even wearing regular jeans and sneakers. Co-owner Kim Loman says: “Its about time that the Berlin influences also appear in Amsterdam.”
The first Hyatt hotel in the Netherlands opened its doors. The five star Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht Hotel features 117 rooms and 5 suites and is located in a former public library. The looks and design are created and developed by the Dutch interior designer Marcel Wanders, guided by Dutch history and local culture. The hotel features the Bluespoon Restaurant with a farm-to-table concept where only the best local ingredients are served. Also the hotel features the Bluespoon Bar, a meeting room, fitness and an Urban Spa.
The new hotel Andaz Amsterdam Prinsengracht will open her doors officially at the end of October, but the neighbors are already welcoming the hotel. The 122-room design boutique hotel is located in the vicinity of the nine streets, Jordaan and the famous canals. Three neighbors re telling about the neighborhood and why this area is so inspiring.
The Dam square in Amsterdam is the centre of a guerrilla campaign by foodtrucks on the World Food Day October 16th. From 12.30 to 13.30 o’clock the trucks serve a free lunch to get attention for the lack of food diversity on the streets of the capital. Most of the mobile food stands sell hotdogs or ‘oliebollen’ (deep-fried dough). The Food Line-Up and its initiator Lotte Wouters want to motivate the government to take the New York policy for food trucks as an example. The streets in New York provide a huge diversity of food trucks that are used by all social classes and backgrounds.
Tonight whiskey brand Jameson organizes an exclusive movie night in Amsterdam. For this exclusive premiere of Killing Them Softly, a movie with Brad Pitt, Facebook fans could like to Jameson page and fill in a form to win tickets. Only a happy few have received the tickets.
Visitors of warehouse ‘the Bijenkorf’ in Amsterdam can enjoy exclusive cuvées in the Moët & Chandon Bar from November 15th to New Years Eve. Drinks are served with bites by chef Pascal Tingaud. The temporary bar is open at the same times as the warehouse.
Pop-up restaurant bar BAUT opens in the Wibautstraat on Friday the 12th of October. The kitchen of this 900 square meter restaurant is managed by chef Michiel van der Eerde. The doors close on the 31st of December 2014 because of urban renewal plans in the area. This restaurant is the first by the ‘Nu of Nooit’ (Now or never) company. The start-up by Job Keja, Michiel van der Eerde and Dick Leijen is focused on temporary and durable entrepreneurship in empty buildings.
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