Walem Amsterdam (Closed Permanently)

A health-minded and centrally located restaurant featuring soups, fish, meat and adventurous salads and sandwiches, with a certain French emphasis. Overlooks the Keizersgracht in a very nice way, with a terrace out front and a lovely garden out back. The café-restaurant's name refers to the tiny village of its original owner, who started the business in 1984, with the current trio, one of whom is gay, running the operation since 2001.