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$ Stayokay Haarlem Hostel, completely renovated and with all the youth-hostel com-
forts, charges €25-30 for beds in four- and six-bed dorms. They also rent simple €60-80
doubles (€2.50 less for members, includes sheets and breakfast, save by booking on their
website, pay Internet access, free Wi-Fi, laundry service, reception open 8:00-23:00, Jan
Gijzenpad3,twomilesfromHaarlemstation—takebus#2fromstation,ora10-minutewalk
from Santpoort Zuid train station, tel. 023/537-3793, www.stayokay.com/ haarlem, haar-
lem@stayokay.com ) .
Eating in Haarlem
Restaurants
(See “Haarlem Hotels & Restaurants” map, here .)
Jacobus Pieck Eetlokaal is popular with locals for its fine-value “global cuisine,” good
salads, and unpretentious flair. Sit in the peaceful garden courtyard, at a sidewalk table, or
in the romantically cozy interior. The Oriental Peak Salad is a perennial favorite, and the
dish of the day ( dagschotel, €12.50) always sells out (great €7 sandwiches at lunch, Tue-Sat
11:00-16:00 & 17:30-22:00, closed Sun-Mon, cash only, Warmoesstraat 18, behind church,
tel. 023/532-6144).
DeLachendeJavaan (“TheLaughingJavanese”)isalong-establishedIndonesianplace
serving a memorable rijsttafel (€20-24, Tue-Sun 17:00-22:00, closed Mon, Frankestraat 27,
tel. 023/532-8792).
La Plume Restaurant steakhouse is noisy, with a happy, local, and carnivorous crowd
enjoying the candlelit scene (€20-25 meals, Mon-Fri 17:30-23:00, Sat-Sun 17:00-23:00,
satay and ribs are favorites, Lange Veerstraat 1, tel. 023/531-3202). The relaxing outdoor
seating faces the church and a lively pedestrian street.
Pizzeria-Ristorante Venezia, run for 25 years by the same Italian family from Bari, is
the placetogoforpizzaorpasta(€8-10choices,daily13:00-23:00,facingV&Ddepartment
store at Verwulft 7, tel. 023/531-7753). You'll feel like you're in Rome at a good indoor
table, or sit outdoors for good people-watching.
Lange Veerstraat Restaurant Row: If you don't know what you want to eat, stroll the
delightful Lange Veerstraat behind the church and survey a fun range of restaurants (from
cheap falafels to Cuban, and much more).
On the Spaarne River Canal: Haarlem seems to turn its back on its river with most of
the eating energy a couple of blocks away. To enjoy a meal with a nice canal view, con-
sider the Spaarne 66 Restaurant Bar. The Lemmers girls (a mom and her daughters) run
this cozy eatery, with a woody, old-time interior and fine outdoor canalside seating (light €7
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