Bar Parry

Walk-in-only wine and charcuterie bar from the Balthazar's Keuken family, two minutes down the Jordaan.

When Balthazar's Keuken's next generation wanted something looser than a fixed six-course dinner, they built Bar Parry two minutes away on a quiet Jordaan side street. It has been walk-in only since 2018: no bookings, no exceptions, just a marble bar and a short list of small plates shaped by father Alain Parry and Anja Koops, in a room designed by grandfather Rob Parry. What comes out of the kitchen is sharper than the wine-bar label suggests: devilled mackerel with puttanesca and mustard seeds, duck breast with pimenton and raisin salsa, roasted carrots with harissa and mint curd, a veal tataki that would not embarrass a sit-down menu nearby. The wine runs through De Wijnwinkel next door, a 25-year partnership that keeps serious Italian, French, German and Spanish bottles close to shop prices. Chocolate mousse with ginger cream closes most nights. Turn up at opening if you want a seat, the room is small and the regulars know the drill. It is the family's after-hours instinct made physical: real cooking, real wine, nobody making you commit to a whole evening.

Open Tuesday-Saturday from 17:00, Sunday from 16:00, closed Monday. Walk-ins only, no reservations, so arrive right at opening for a seat at the bar.

Photo: Bar Parry