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Chocolate at Pâtisserie Pompadour
The society ladies know where to replenish after shopping: mod, chichi
Pâtisserie
Pompadour
(
www.patisseriepompadour.com
; Kerkstraat 148; 10am-6pm Tue-Fri, 9am-5.30pm Sat;
16/24/25 Keizersgracht)
. Join them in nibbling on Belgian-style chocolates and pastries.
The pièce de résistance is the hot chocolate, a scoop of dark sweetness melted by
piping, creamy milk.
Theatre Time
The neo-Renaissance
Stadsschouw- burg
(City Theatre;
624 23 11;
www.stadsschouwburgamsterdam.nl
;
Leidseplein 26; box office noon-6pm Mon-Sat; 1/2/5/7/10
Leidseplein)
takes pride of place on the Leidseplein. The regal venue, built in 1894, is
used for large-scale plays, operettas and the Holland Festival, the country's biggest
arts extravaganza. Amsterdam's main ticket desk is also stashed inside, where you
can see what's on and get half-price seats for shows around town.
Drinks at Café Americain
Pull up a chair, order a cappuccino and watch the world spin by at
Café Americain
(Eden Amsterdam American Hotel, Leidsekade 97; from 7am; 1/2/5/7/10 Leidseplein)
. The art
deco monument, opened in 1902, has huge stained-glass windows overlooking
Leidseplein, a lovely, library-like reading table and a great terrace. It serves a
sandwich-and-macaron-stacked high tea daily at 2pm.
