Brasserie

Grand Café-Restaurant Witteveen on the Ceintuurbaan was a household word in Amsterdam in the seventies and eighties. Many Amsterdammers have good memories of the traditional Dutch cooking, Persian carpets on the tables and the notorious billiards tournaments. It was a meeting place for young and old.

IQ Creative, famous for its restaurants Supperclub, Nomads, Envy, Nevy and wine bar Vyne, decided that in 2009 the building should again become just such a meeting place as of old and that Witteveen would be a very fitting name for it.

Witteveen is a deliciously unconstrained spot, where everyone can feel at home. No fuss and bother, and good value for money. Simple and honest. A place to work, meet friends, lounge, enjoy, rest and - of course - eat and drink. The kitchen is open from early in the morning until late at night. In Witteveen you're welcome for a cup of coffee, a quick hamburger, a sumptuous lunch or serious dinner.

For this project, as with others before it, IQ Creative has again retained architectural design bureau Concrete. They were instructed to create in Witteveen a brasserie for current times.

Witteveen is laid out in different areas: the brasserie space, a wine bar, a separate living room and a private dining room. A large island bar is the centrepiece of the brasserie section, where one can dine or have a casual drink. Distributed around the bar is an assortment of different seating arrangements: trestle tables, individual tables and various cosy nooks furnished with Chesterfield sofas. The eyecatcher at Witteveen is the 16 metre long, seamless Chesterfield. The separate living room, complete with gas fire hearth, reading table and a comfortable seating area, can also be used as a meeting room or as a private dining space.

The mosaic-tiled floor in the form of a Persian carpet is a fond reference to the old Witteveen, where the tables used to be decked with carpets.