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Dutch restaurants, bakeries and stores in the United States
Here's an overview of all Dutch restaurants, bakeries and walk-in stores in the United States.
As of July, 2010 we know of 48 Dutch restaurants, bakeries and stores in the USA. Know any others? let us know!
Mail order and on-line stores are not included, except if they also have a brick & mortar store. You may also be interested in our list of Indonesian rijsttafel restaurants.
A Touch of Dutch is a cute store on Whidbey Island, Washington, a “place which seems literally
suspended in a time of by-gone days”. They’ve been in business since 1995 and also have an on-line store.
The store carries a wide variety of Dutch products; their store has categories such as “Dutch Wedding and Party favors” and they even sell soccer attire of the Dutch national team. Exclusive to the store is a line of humorous Dutch cards (which is available for wholesale to other Dutch stores).
“We are located in Belvidere New Jersey, if you are in the area, stop in and pay us a visit,
The largest selection of Dutch and related items in New Jersey. If you can’t find what you are looking for on our website, give us a call, we may have it in stock in our store.”
The only real “brown café” in the United States! Owner Addy imported all furnishings from the Netherlands, and serves bitterballen&kroketten. Greenville, SC has the highest percentage European inhabitants per capita in the United States. (The website of the cafe has been down for a while, but it is definitely in business).
Serving top-it-yourself hot falafels and fries was an epiphany for the owners while visiting friends in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was the inspiration for bringing delicious twice-fried fries and tasty top-it-yourself-falafels to Adams Morgan in DC.
This cafe serves Dutch pancakes and omelets that look suspiciously like uitsmijters. Online reviews also mention that the Dutch coffee which is served is good.
Dutch treats here include the split pea soup with ham, gevulde koek, Dutch butter cake and others, but as the name suggests the specialty here are caramel cookie waffles. The stroopwafels are made from scratch with all natural ingredients from a traditional Dutch recipe. Since 1981.
Casey’s Bakery was started in 1946 by Casey and Ann De Groot in a small store in downtown Sioux Center. Casey combined many years of baking experience, some traditional Dutch recipes and a belief in quality to lay the foundation for Casey’s Bakery. Products include Dutch Rusk Buns and a St. Nick cookie.
Chocolaterie Stam specializes in fine European Chocolates. They have 6 stores in the Netherlands and 5 in the United States (Iowa, North Carolina, Minnesota).
Next to their store made chocolate they also carry a nice selection of import Dutch Droste chocolate, Bastogne koeken, Pickwick Tea and Wilhelmina Pepermunt.
Corine’s Cafe is run by Corine who originates from the Netherlands. She serves bitterballen, Dutch pancakes and (chicken) kroketten in Mooresville, NC. Nice to combine with a visit to the Ikea in Charlotte for a “European day”.
Dutch in America.com visited Corine’s Cafe in October 2009; read our review here.
"Delicious fast food made with wholesome, natural ingredients". Serves kroketten and other Dutch and Dutch & Indonesian inspired dishes.
1/2/2010: Danku will probably not reopen.
12/7/2009: Danku is temporary closed. They are papered up and have a sign on the window saying that they are revamping their menu for a Feb. 2010 reopening.
This ‘corner’ store was founded by a lady who grew up in Pella, Iowa, a town with a large Dutch community. De Hoek Traditions specializes in delicious teas (they even make their own blends). Of course they also carry the Pickwick blend, and there’s a number of Dutch delicacies for sale including rusk. Since 2005.
DeBoer’s Dutch Brothers is a full service European style bakery-restaurant with 200 years of baking experience. The deBoers have been baking Holland for over 50 years since immigrating from Kollum, Nederland in 1956.
Lots of Dutch dishes on the menu, including croquettes with pea soup and pig in a blanket.
deReuze Gourmet Market was established in 2002, and is owned & operated by Peters Imports. Serves Rijkenberg Chocolate Letters and many other Dutch foods.
“Dubbel Dutch opened its doors on November 8, 2003, and has grown ever since to become the Dutch hub for Dutchies in Denver-and-around, and has earned its marks with the neighborhood for the wonderful sandwiches and coffees that we serve.”
Since she opened her doors at Dutch Flowers six years ago, Designer Els VanderMeij has worked to provide the Kansas City community with quality floral products. Please enjoy browsing through some of our products and services, and contact us with orders or questions.
The Dutch Poffertjes House is a mobile pastry and drink station that serves various drinks and Dutch poffertjes. Poffertjes are small, pluffy pancakes and they are served with various different flavors.
The poffertjes cart appears on the Phoenix public market and other places; for more info contact them at dutch.poffertjes.house@hotmail.com.
Netherlands-native Jeroen Hasenbos brings Amsterdam’s traditional Frietkoten ‘fry shack’ experience to Chicago for the first time, with hand cut Belgian fries that are served in a paper cone and distinguished by a crisp outside and soft, delicious potato inside. In keeping with the popular ‘fry shacks’ in Amsterdam, Frietkoten offers these traditional Belgian fries with up to 20 different sauces to choose from every day.
German, Dutch and other influences. Uitsmijter on the breakfast menu, number of dishes with Gouda cheese and Dutch ham, and a broodje herring as an appetizers for dinner.
“Our story begins in Wormer, The Netherlands back in 1838. We, the Kaskes Family, began a baking tradition that continues through present day now in two countries. The Kaskes Bakery is still flourishing in The Netherlands as are we here at Hillcrest Bakery in the United States”. The store has banketstaaf and speculaas, among many other things.
"Our family owned-and-operated bakery, located in historic Pella Iowa, has been baking delicious “Dutch Treats” for over a century. Visitors to Pella’s Annual Tulip Time Festival stand in long lines to get a taste of our famous Dutch Letters."
New York Times: “Kaas & Company, owned by Justin Schenkels, an expatriate of the Netherlands, carries just about everything necessary to prepare a truly Dutch dinner — or breakfast or lunch, for that matter — right down to jarred vegetables and various jams, smoked mackerel ($12 a pound) and maatjes, or brine-cured herring ($6 a pair), all imported from the Lowlands. ”
Sophisticated patisserie owned by Maarten and Frances Steenman. Maarten worked as an apprentice at patisseries in Holland, France, Belgium and Norway and together they started a highly successful store in Mount Kisco, NY. Certainly not strictly Dutch, but with their background (Maarten is born in the Netherlands) and given that they sell speculaas bars around the holidays, it made our list. Since 1999.
“specializing in “Almost Everything from Holland”. The “Almost” lets us get away with a few things not 100% Dutch, such as Tom’s delicious “Fudge with the Dutch Touch” made with cocoa imported from Holland.”
"Lynden Dutch Bakery offers fast, friendly and courteous service. We use only the best ingredients and maintain a skilled staff to answer your questions. We have built our reputation on our commitment to providing quality service, which has earned us many valuable customers. We specialize in providing wedding cakes, cookies, pastries, 6 foot sub sandwiches and baking supplies."
Serving the San Francisco South Bay for over 25 years with Dutch and oriental supplies. Products include drop, rusk, ontbijtkoek, speculaasjes, chocolade letters, pepernoten etc.
Linda Ellis discovered Dutch pannenkoeken after a visit to the Netherlands, and successfully introduced these delicious Dutch pancakes in Chicago in a “Pannehkohken cafe”. Primarily focused on breakfast. Also does nice Belgian waffles.
“We are known region-wide for our European style pastries, breads, cookies and cakes made on the premises, German meats and sausages, Dutch and European cheeses, various fine teas, jams, chocolates from all over Europe, and of course Dutch food and Dutch groceries. Since 1968.”
Dutch in America.com visited The Dutch Epicure Shop Bakery in January 2010; read our review here.
The Old Dutch Store is a 26 year old store. From the site: “It offers a large variety of foods that you would find in the local Albert Heijn grocery store in Holland. The store is modeled after one of the quaint stores you would find down one of the rustic roads in a small village found in Northern Holland.”
Utopia European Bakery Cafe has been Dutch Territory since 2001. Owned operated by a Dutch family, they serve many Dutch goodies including krentebollen, kaasbroodjes and many other things. If you’re doing a Highway 1 road trip this is a great stop for a bite.
Proud bakers of fine Dutch pastries, located in the heart of Pella, Iowa. "Dutch letters" and speculaas are some of the traditional Dutch items on the menu.
In the small town of Helen (population 430) you’ll find Windmill Dutch Imports. For 27 years the store has provided a great selection of Dutch foods and supplies, including frozen bitterballen and kroketten, as well as paling and other delicateses. It’s about 95 miles from Atlanta, close to the border with North Carolina. Open 7 days a week, except Christmas Day. Don’t miss the October fest.
A Southern Season carries Calve curry, various types of Conimex sambal, hagelslag and even Friese Keukenstroop. See more of a visit we made in March 2007.
A super farm market with 3 locations in the Hudson valley which carries a large selection of Dutch products including cheeses, roggebrood, De Ruijter hagelslag, Conimex products, drop etc.
Many varieties of hagelslag, vlokken and other Dutch goodies. From the site: “Au Marché is proud to stock European food and bath-and-beauty items that are not easily found in most American grocery stores. We cater to people who are looking for a taste of their homeland, or for a sentimental reminder of a favorite trip abroad.”
Bon Appetit is a cheese and specialty store in Princeton, New Jersey, with a Belgian owner. The store carries Indonesian spices (Conimex) as well as drop, ontbijtkoek and speculaas and of course all Dutch cheeses.
Note: Bon Appetit changed ownership in 2008; we're not sure if the store still has such a diverse supply of Dutch items.
Cheese Plus is premier cheese and specialty food store in San Francisco. A cozy neighborhood shop located on the sunny corner of Polk and Pacific in Russian Hill, it features the finest cheese from the U.S. and around the globe including a good selection of Dutch cheeses. Also sells beschuit and speculaas.
“Located in Old New Castle, Delaware, we represent the Dutch, English and Swedish presence in the region. All of which are comprised in a fashion of which we are now accustomed.”
German sauerkraut store, established in 1918, with a large selection of Dutch products such as Verkade chocolate, maggi products, Dutch cookies, lots of Dutch cheese, herring, kale, all kinds of liquorice, krupup and Conimex products.
This is a good gourmet store that - among lots of other goodies - also sells some of the Dutch treats we all know and love such as licorice, stroopwafels, Droste Chocolade, De Ruijter Hagelslag and beschuit.