{"id":85773,"date":"2026-05-21T15:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=85773"},"modified":"2026-05-21T15:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:41:14","slug":"caffe-toscanini-italian-cafe-lindengracht-jordaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/restaurants\/caffe-toscanini-italiaans-cafe-lindengracht-jordaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Caff\u00e8 Toscanini: The sister of a Jordaan legend opens"},"content":{"rendered":"

They've been on the Lindengracht in the Jordaan for over four decades: Toscanini, the Italian restaurant that for many Amsterdam residents is simply the benchmark for what Italian food should be. Regional dishes, a wine list you won't find in the average trattoria, and an approach that doesn't allow itself to be swayed by trends. Now that story is expanding, literally a few doors down.<\/h2>\n

Chef-owner Leonardo Pacenti has been at the helm of Toscanini since 1999. Born in South Africa to an Italian father, he has built a business over the years that has its own rhythm. Founder Maud Moody started it all in 1985, and Pacenti has carried on that legacy. Working alongside him are Susan van der Sande and Bobby Oudshoorn as host and sommelier, two faces familiar to anyone who has ever sat at the table there. That combination of kitchen and dining room is no accident: it is exactly what made Toscanini great.<\/p>\n

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Caff\u00e8 Toscanini is at number 63, the original restaurant at 75-79. Both on the same street, reachable on foot in less than a minute. The new establishment offers a caf\u00e9-like setting, a looser version of the parent restaurant. No less serious, but different in tone. Those who know Toscanini know that the decor there never screams for attention: it's the cuisine and the glass that does the work.<\/p>\n

Toscanini is one of the few constants on Linden Canal, a place that doesn't need to shout about how good they are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lindengracht has seen all sorts of things come and go over the years. Toscanini is one of the few constants there, a place that doesn't have to shout about how good they are. That the owners are now expanding on that same street, without changing course, says it all. Caff\u00e8 Toscanini is not a new concept. It's just more of what already works.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They've been on the Lindengracht in the Jordaan for over four decades: Toscanini, the Italian restaurant that for many Amsterdam residents is simply the benchmark for what Italian food should be. Regional dishes, a wine list you won't find in the average trattoria, and an approach that is not guided by trends. Now that ... <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":85826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[10915],"district":[21],"class_list":["post-85773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-restaurants","tag-italiaanse-restaurants-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-west"],"acf":{"slider":[85825],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Leonardo Pacenti zet een tweede zaak neer, een paar deuren verderop","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Toscanini bestaat al ruim 40 jaar en heeft op de Lindengracht een vaste plek veroverd die weinig uitleg nodig heeft. Nu komt er een tweede locatie bij, op dezelfde straat. Caff\u00e8 Toscanini is de jongere broer van het origineel, zelfde eigenaren, zelfde filosofie.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Caff\u00e8 Toscanini","adres":"Lindengracht 63","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/restauranttoscanini.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85773"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85828,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85773\/revisions\/85828"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85773"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=85773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}