Corner Store
Vinyl, smoke and sake in a Papaverweg warehouse; Noord's best-sounding dinner.
A former warehouse on the Papaverweg where a serious sound system gets equal billing with the grill. Corner Store is Amsterdam's answer to the Tokyo listening bar: blonde wood, steel trusses, records picked by someone who genuinely cares, and a kitchen that runs most of the menu over fire. It reads Japanese but wanders happily. Brioche toasted on the BBQ with goat butter, kingfish collar glossed with sambal, poussin under a langoustine sambal, romanesco sharpened with mature vinegar. Plates land when they are ready and sharing is the whole point. The wine list leans natural, the sake list is short and smart, and the 47 euro vegetarian tasting menu is a quiet steal. Open Wednesday to Saturday, dinner from six, and the bar takes walk-ins for drinks until late. Come at golden hour, when the light hits the pale floor and the room starts humming.
Open with the BBQ kingfish collar with sambal: nine euros of the smartest smoke in Noord.
What to order
Full menu- Brioche with goat butter7.50
BBQ-toasted, sea salt on top; the opener every table repeats
- BBQ kingfish collar with sambal9
Sticky, smoky, criminally cheap for what it is
- BBQ poussin, langoustine sambal26
The fire kitchen's main event, built for sharing
- Vegetarian tasting menu47
Full run of the kitchen without meat, best value in the room
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