At The Bakkerswinkel, it's all about what comes out of its own bakery every day: breads, cakes, scones and other pastries. It is not a classic lunchroom that buys bread, but a bakery cafe where the dough is processed and baked on site. This is reflected in the menu, which leans on freshly baked bread and simple dishes around breakfast and lunch.
The downtown branch sits in a historic downtown building. Inside, it feels intentionally homey and cozy: you sit among the cakes and scones, facing the bustle of the bakery area and the constant stream of people stopping by for coffee, tea or a light meal. The concept was conceived as a kind of living room, but with a professional bakery behind it.
Founder Piet Hekker built The Bakkerswinkel into a small chain. Besides the store in the center, there are also branches in Westerpark and Oud-Zuid. Everywhere the same starting point: traditional bread and pastries combined with a place where you can sit down for breakfast, lunch or anything in between. With that, The Bakkerswinkel has become a household name in the city for those looking for a bakery where you can also stay seated.
Founder Piet Hekker built The Bakkerswinkel into a small chain.
In the Amsterdam catering industry, The Bakkerswinkel is now regarded as an example of the combination of artisanal bakery and catering establishment. Where you used to go either to a bakery or to a café, here the two worlds come together in one space, with the bread and pastries as the fixed basis of the entire formula.