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(upstairs, with waiters in nice suits) and a charming, spacious pub
(downstairs, good Belgian beers on tap at the big woody bar).
The light lunch specials—soups and sandwiches—cost €5-10.
Dinners go for about €17 in the pub and for €20-30 in the classy
restaurant (food served daily 11:00-15:30 & 17:30-22:30, just off
Grimburgwal at Gebed Zonder End 5—a small pedestrian alley-
way, tel. 020/624-2057).
De Jaren Café (“The Years Café”) is a chic yet inviting
place—clearly a favorite with locals. Upstairs is the minimalist
restaurant with a top-notch salad bar and a canal-view deck (serv-
ing €14-18 dinners after 17:30, including fish, meat, and veggie
dishes, and salad bar, or €11 for salad bar only). Downstairs is a
modern Amsterdam café, great for light lunches (soups, salads,
and sandwiches served all day and evening), or just coffee over a
newspaper. On a sunny day, the café's canalside patio is a fine spot
to nurse a drink; this is also a nice place to go just for a drink
in the evening and enjoy the spacious Art Deco setting (daily
10:00-24:00, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 20-22, a long block up from
Muntplein, tel. 020/625-5771).
Pannenkoekenhuis Upstairs is a tiny and characteristic
perch up some extremely steep stairs, where Arno Jakobs cooks
and serves delicious €7 pancakes to four tables throughout the
afternoon (Fri 12:00-19:00, Sat 12:00-18:00, Sun 12:00-17:00,
closed Mon-Thu, Grimburgwal 2, tel. 020/626-5603).
La Place, on the ground floor of the V&D department store,
has an abundant, colorful array of fresh, appealing food served
cafeteria-style. A multi-story eat-
ery that seats 300, it has a small
outdoor terrace upstairs. Explore
before you make your choice. This
bustling spot has a lively market
feel, with everything from made-
on-the-spot beef stir-fry, to fresh
juice, to veggie soups (€3 pizza
and €4 sandwiches, Mon-Sat
10:00-20:00, Sun 12:00-20:00, at
the end of Kalverstraat near Mint Tower, tel. 020/622-0171). For
fast and healthy take-out food (sandwiches, yogurt, fruit cups, and
more), try the bakery on the department store's ground floor. (They
run another branch, which has the city's ultimate view terrace,
on the top floor of the Central Library —Openbare Bibliotheek
Amsterdam—near Central Station.)
Atrium University Cafeteria, a three-minute walk from Mint
Tower, feeds travelers and students from Amsterdam University
for great prices, but only on weekdays (€6 meals, Mon-Fri 11:00-
15:00 & 17:00-19:30, closed Sat-Sun; from Spui, walk west down
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