Life is full of contradictions, or so it seems at my young age. And Amsterdam is no different. Extremely luxurious boats float by little ragged rowboats, fancy apartments next to squats, the list goes on and on. And sometimes even these contrasts can make the city beautiful.

One little restaurant that I've known for years, and that embodies the contrasts of Amsterdam goes by the name of Koffiehuis van den Volksbond. While I don't speak perfect Dutch, I can tell you that a name like that says quite clearly only in slightly different words "Working class café". I think it once served some truely proletarian customers.






However today's Worker's Koffiehuis caters to a slightly different crowd than Marx and Engels. The menu, while delicious and creative, has some reasonably high prices depending on your choice of main course. This combined with the clientel, in my humble opinion, have created a loved restaurant for the fairly well off, in place of what I suppose used to be the people's canteen.

But nevermind the socio-economic implications. I've only tried their vegeterian options, which were delicious although the portions were too small. But the caliber of cooking is such that if you do go, your stomach will be pleased.

Located just next to the Maritime Museum on the Kadijk's Plein. Walk from Central Station or take a bus to the Museum.