Jan de Winter
Listed under
W.
Janssen en Jansen
Nobelstraat 207
Formerly called
de Dikke Dom, then
Dommel and now
named after two detectives in
Kuifje (Tintin) comic books.
A small bar, with a little upstairs area where a few additional
tables are found. Not very cozy. Loud music, usually house or
Dutch.
23 APR 99
Our rating:
out of 5
Jazz Alley
Mariaplaats 8
Although the name suggests a smoky bar with 50's jazz music, this is
in fact a modern suburb alley (complete with street lights) with hip
jazzdance and related styles. At least half of the decoration
consists of steel pipes, plates, barrels, and fences. An
interesting detail is the condom-selling machines in the ladies'
room: pick your favorite taste from strawberry, peppermint, and
drop (licorice)--
fl 5 for two. Open until 2am
during the week, 3am on Friday and Saturday.
23 APR 99
Our rating:
out of 5
Jerome
Oudegracht 148
The designer must have been very fond of swimming pools. After 6pm
you won't find more people than shown here. Actually you won't find
any people anymore because they closed down a year or so ago, and
reopened under the name
Tropen.
24 APR 99
Our rating:
out of 5
Joop's
Domplein 8
Another old-brown pub located on the popular terrace in front of the
Dom tower. The walls are lined with portraits of frequent visitors,
among which you'll find Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Lots of
interesting old kitchen furniture--look for the multi-lingual salt
cabinet. From the cafe you can keep an eye on the chef while he's
cooking your meal.
9 FEB 00
Our rating:
out of 5
Joseph
Vredenburg 39
This cafe used to be called
Puccini
prior to its takeover by Ries de Winter (who also owns
Dikke Dries. Ries named it in
honour of the late Joseph, the most frequent visitor of Dikke Dries,
who practically lived there and even had his social-security
paychecks made out to Ries--or so legend has it.
24 APR 99
No rating yet.
le Journal
Neude 32
A quiet place for breakfast, especially on Sunday mornings and
afternoons; often packed in the late afternoon and evening. The
interior reminds of a grand cafe and service is often slow. Really
big terrace that looks even bigger because of the neighboring tables
of
De Luifel and
't
Neutje. Be careful in what you order: the prices are high and
the red wine's not very good. Apparently not contend with some of
the customers it was attracting, le Journal now resorts to an (if
not illegal, then at last highly questionable) policy of marking
unused as `RESERVED', thus allowing the staff to refuse entry to
unwanted clientele. Needless to say, we highly disapprove of said
policy.
14 FEB 00
Our rating:
out of 5
