About
pure, simple,very good.
That’s the whole philosophy. Food should be pure, simple and very, very good. Made in-house where we can, chosen carefully where we can’t, and from people nearby whenever possible.
The story
a café that
became a bakery.
- 2017
Café Bartine opens on the Herengracht
Casper Talsma and Nils Klinkspoor open a small all-day café: great coffee, honest breakfast and lunch, natural wine in the evening.
- 2020
The Lockdown Bakery
When the first lockdown closes the café, the kitchen turns to bread. Sourdough loaves go out the door; baker Olivier van der Ree joins. The neighbourhood notices.
- 2021
141 neighbours chip in
A CrowdAboutNow campaign to build a real bakery raises €110,000, 183% of the goal, from 141 investors, most of them regulars. It pays for the ovens, the shop and the first stock.
- 2021–22
Bakery & Market, Piet Heinstraat 72
Two shopfronts in the Zeeheldenkwartier become an open-kitchen bakery on one side and a coffee bar and market on the other.
- Today
Every morning, 08:00
Sourdough, croissants, cardamom buns, focaccia. Two locations, seven days a week, and a queue that tells you we got something right.
The craft
slow bread.
good neighbours.
Our sourdough is naturally leavened, with no commercial yeast, and fermented slowly so the flavour has time to develop and the bread is easy to digest. The croissants are laminated by hand. Nothing comes in frozen.
- Flour
- Stone-ground at a windmill in Schiedam; grain from local farmers, including emmer from Rhoon.
- Dairy, eggs & meat
- Hoeve Biesland, an organic farm on the edge of Delft.
- Coffee
- Friedhats, roasted in Amsterdam, pulled on a Modbar.
- Wine
- Small natural and low-intervention producers, chosen bottle by bottle.
- 4.6★650 Google reviews
- 08:00fresh bread, seven days a week
- 2locations in Den Haag
- 100%naturally leavened sourdough
- 141neighbours who crowdfunded the bakery
The people
small team,
big mornings.
Bakers start before dawn. Baristas open at eight. Front of house keeps the line moving and the tables turning with a smile. We’re almost always looking for people who care as much as we do.