Bar Baarsch
De Baarsjes' living room: smash burgers, pub quiz, drag queen bingo.
Every neighborhood deserves a Bar Baarsch; De Baarsjes actually got one. The corner café on the Jan Eef does the full week, Monday pub quiz, recurring drag queen bingo, a big parasol terrace for the first sunny day, with a kitchen that runs from bitterballen to a properly built smash burger with cheddar and house BB sauce. The satay, chicken thigh or vegan, with seroendeng and cassava crisps is the sleeper hit, and the steak frites with Café de Paris butter costs less than your last round in De Pijp. Nobody here is chasing a Michelin mention, which is exactly the charm: a rainbow row of beer taps, staff who remember your order, and tables that absorb a group of eight without drama. Doors open at 11 and weekends run into the small hours.
Skip the burger once and get the satay with seroendeng and cassava crisps.
What to order
Full menu- BB smash burger€19.75
Cheddar, pickles and house burger sauce, the terrace default in reviews
- Chicken-thigh satay€19.75
Homemade satay sauce, seroendeng and cassava; the Dutch-café classic done right
- Japanese fried chicken€9.95
Furikake and sriracha mayo, the borrel snack every table seems to have
- Hollandse borrelplank€27.50
Leverworst, bitterballen and frikandelletjes for the full buurtcafé experience
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