De Bonte Koe opens a chocolate store in Kralingen

De Bonte Koe Bonbons en bouchées

De Bonte Koe is a regional phenomenon. The chocolate company was founded in 1992 in Schiedam but already operates a chocolate store at the Nieuwe Binnenweg 112 and expands with a store in Kralingen that will open this October. By opening an additional store at Lusthofstraat 33A, De Bonte Koe wants to improve the accessibility […]

Freshly Chopped opens stall in Markthal

freshly chopped

Freshly Chopped came about from a simple need; a food outlet in Ireland where people could find healthy food fast to fuel their day. The first Chopped store opened in Dublin in May 2012 and now the concept rapidly expands. Rotterdam gets its own Freshly Chopped from September 19 in Markthal.   Visitors to the Markthal […]

DoDo introduces new menu

dodo new menu

Restaurant DoDo opened its doors in 2019 and has been a popular spot ever since. During the Love Birds after summer event the new menu was introduced. Although the hotspot did win the Entree Award for Best New All Day concept in 2021, DoDo continues to develop continuously. Rotterdam-based Christiaan van der Steen is the […]

De Gele Kanarie lands a second spot at Binnenrotte

De Gele Kanarie Cafe

In 2018 De Gele Kanarie opened its doors on the corner of Goudsesingel and Mariniersweg. The place succeeded in making a former somewhat hidden spot a popular destination. Now they open a cafe at Binnerotte.  De Gele Kanarie Café replaces the former Douwe Egberts Café and will offer the same formula as the original venue. […]

Hotel Not Hotel, Club BIT and Renilde nominated for Entree Awards

Renilde nominated for Entree Awards next to Bit Aad Hoogendoorn

Rotterdam is always a contender for the Entree Awards.  Tres, Zalmhuis and Dodo won last year. This time there are six nominations: Club BIT, La Petite Soeur, Restaurant Renilde, Hotel Not Hotel, OX Rotterdam and Restaurant Rotonde. The award show is on 28 November. The election is an initiative of the independent catering platform Entree. […]

30ML is now also present at Alexandrium

30ML Alexandrium

30ml Coffee Roasters has grown into a true franchise chain with its own coffee roasting facility and several coffee bars. There are already two branches in Rotterdam. In the South (Annie MG Schmidtplein) and in the center (Nieuwe Binnenweg 105), now there also is a coffee bar at Alexandrium. 30ML is located at Watermanweg 321A […]

Kellogg’s presents a bike booth on Eendrachtsplein

Kellog's bike

On September 2, Kellogg’s presents a bike booth on the Eendrachtsplein where passers-by are invited to have their bikes painted by street art artists. From 10 AM Kellogg’s stimulates creativity and imagination in the city where the streets are filled with art. Bicycles are inextricably linked to Dutch culture; there are now said to be […]

Britta and Yuri Wattimena to open restaurant YANO

YANO Rotterdam

The fine-dining restaurant of the Wattimena couple on the Straatweg 114 in Hillegersberg will be called YANO and will open its doors in November 2022. On the site of the former restaurant Zotte, Britta and Yuri Wattimena will open a restaurant that can 35 guests, has a terrace and looks out over the water of […]

Pastry d’Oro serves Caribbean pastries at the Markthal

Pastry d'Oro

Chef Valentino Jacob brings a new unique pastry concept to the Markthal. He serves savoury Caribbean pastries as well as sweet ones filled with cream and toppings of different delicacies at Pastry d’Oro (Unit 76). He got his inspiration from growing up in the Caribbean food culture. When Valentino was young, his parents were already very […]

TAPT Festival transforms Heemraadsplein into a beer garden

Tapt

After a number of successful editions in cities like Amsterdam, Utrecht and Haarlem, TAPT Festival will be in Rotterdam for the first time. Together with 12 breweries, the Heemraadsplein is transformed into a beer garden August 26 and 27. The festival offers extensive dinners with delicious food, games, dancing and more. But most of all […]