Amsterdam frites are double-fried Belgian-style chips, served in a cone with a thick layer of Dutch mayonnaise or one of twenty-plus sauce options at the counter, eaten standing up or walking.
Belgian-style double-fried frites arrived in Amsterdam in the post-war period. Vleminckx De Sausmeester opened on Voetboogstraat in 1957 and codified the city's frites format: thick-cut chips, fried twice for the crisp shell, mayonnaise the default sauce. The cone wrapping is the convention, eaten on the alley pavement. Heertje on Herengracht runs the modern hand-cut version.
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Vleminckx De Sausmeester ★ 4.5
Voetboogstraat 33, 1012 XK Amsterdam
Vleminckx on Voetboogstraat is the Amsterdam frites takeaway, since 1957, double-fried Belgian-style chips, a queue that wraps the alley most lunchtimes.
Heertje Friet ★ 4.2
Herengracht 169, 1016 BE Amsterdam
Heertje on Herengracht serves Amsterdam hand-cut frites the proper way, double-fried, salted, paired with mayonnaise or one of two dozen sauces.