Le Salonard

In the Rechtstraat, close to Maastricht Central Station, Le Salonard opened the doors of a super duper delicatessen years ago. One of its claims to fame: excellent sourdough bread — pain de campagne, nuts-​figues, walnut-​honey — made in its own artisanal bakery. The Amsterdam branch is run by Evelyn en Elroy, a fun and food loving couple eager to please epicureans. Every Saturday at the end of the day Elroy opens a bottle of wine and offers clients a glass. A perfect finish of your hunt for weekend bites: organic charcuterie, quiches, cheeses, a football-​seized meat ball and veal-​truffle rolls. These home-​made rolls are the quintessential autumn food; firm spiced organic meat with an earthy twist. To be eaten pure or with a bit of the home-​made truffle mayonnaise. This bite and this season make me scream for one of the available red wines and some ‘serious’ chocolate too. Le Salonard’s best chocolate dessert is the moeulleux, a chocolate pie that spills out liquid chocolate when broken in two. Serve it warm, together with raspberry sauce.

I absolutely love love looooove this place! It should get six stars!
First of all and very important: only place in Amsterdam that has decent bread! (ok, only place that I know of/​have tried…) The french name doesn’t lie, they know their bread: with a good crispy crust and a soft and yummy inside :)
But actually everything in this shop is yummy and looks yummy and makes you want to bring everything home! it’s terribly tempting! enter at your own risk!
they have all kinds of french and italian cold meat (mmmm that parmesan-​truffle-​salami…), and cheeses (mmmm that fresh buffalo mozzarella…), and incredible desserts and pastries (mmmm that chocolate brownie!!!)!
They also make delicious sandwiches (with so many great products how could it not be delicious??), soups, and salads for lunch. Also offer a large choice of wines. Very friendly service too!
All foodista should know about this place, it is amazing :)
only downside: it’s quite pricey :(

Mon dieux que cette boutique donne envie.
Avec a droite les fromages, a gauche les vins et juste devant cachant le comptoir, toutes ses petites patisseries qui donnent tellement envie. Et juste derrière soi, les différents pain sur leur étagère. On est perdu au milieu de tant de gourmandise.
J’ai uniquement essayé les sandwichs, et ils sont délicieux, plein de bonne charcuterie, de bons fromages et très bien assemblé le tout fait avec le sourire. Les vendeuses sont très gentil et efficace.
Les patisseries on l’air divines, seul problème. Un arrêt sur le chemin dans une patisserie.
En bref un super commerce, avec de la diversité et de super bonnes choses. Et des patisserie a essayer en plus pour le prochaine fois.

This place is not to be missed! The sandwiches are ridiculously good and all the baked goods looked amazing as well. The staff was super nice. I picked their sandwich where they surprise you and make whatever they think is best. Highly recommend it since they really know what they are doing! We took our sandwiches and ate on the grass by the museums since we couldn’t wait for vondelpark. I’d give them a sixth star if I could!

Little French wonderland in the middle of De Pijp. I could literally buy EVERYTHING in this place. The sandwiches and soups are brilliant — inventive, delicious, and the perfect size for lunch. Lovely owners as well.

I remember when I first moved into my new Amsterdam neighborhood which is not too far from the Albert cuyp market I had parked my bike near the Dirk and walked over to the market. On my way there, I stopped dead in my tracks as I walked by this store. It had everything I love about food! Gorgeous breads that fill the window, bottles of wines everywhere, cheese galore and savory and sweet treats beautifully displaced on the main counter. The place is small. I still remember walking in for the first time and being completely overwhelmed with joy! What do I look at first? Wine, cheese, breads, sweets? I wanted it all!!! Everything is of the upmost quality too.
And they make sandwichs. They have a small little bar you can sit at or there are two benches outside to inhale or slowly enjoy your goodies. Sadly, I have to control myself or else my waist would grow and my wallet would shrink. I visit this place about once a month and treat myself to something very special. Usually it’s wine and cheese but EVERYTHING is good… I mean EVERYTHING. Oh and if your claustrophobic, I advise not visiting this place during lunch hours… It’s a sardine line up in the tiny space.
If you appreciate quality food and wines, I advise you to check out this little gem in de pijp!

One of the best small neighborhood stores in De Pijp. It’s a nice family run grocery store. They make really delicious pesto. Always a good selection of cheeses. I recommend the biological Roquefort. My last discovery there is the ‘caprese’ cake — absolutely delicious. And they offer always a friendly and very personal service.

Okay, like Thamar said before; I’ve found a nice favourite! I have been wanting to try this place for so long since I read about it once on a blog (Tjappings). I live so close to this place but I never went there until today. I remembered it when I was actually walking through that street. I’m super glad I did because it was just great.
When you walk towards it you can see the beautiful bread behind the glass and bottles of wine as well. This place is tiny but stuffed with deliciousness! There is lots of wine, all kinds of cheese, stuff like oil, jams, sausages and of course baked goods like the bread, all kinds of pastries: brownies, pies, tartes, quiches. Everything looks delicious.
I bought some garlic infused olive oil and a few pastries. Will try the bread and some cheese next time. I’m sure I’ll come here quite often now and I suggest you do the same.

Oh lawd, the chocolate chip cookies. Crispy, not the chewy kind. Nutty… and melted chocolate oozing in between. They’re a thing of beauty. And to think I almost turned it down when offered a sample.
Home made lemon marshmallows!!! Meatloaves the size of CANNONBALLS!!! To die for moist brownies and chocolate cakes. Darling mini quiches and sweet pies. Veal truffle sausage rolls.
Cheeses. Meats, dried or not. Artisan bread. Wine… basically everything you need for a pick nick or a lazy Sunday
This might just be my new favorite delicacy shop in the area, f*ck it, perhaps even the whole of Amsterdam