If you take the Hoerenloper (as the pedestrian bridge) from Hotel New York, you leave the Kop van Zuid and enter Katendrecht, better known as 'the Cape'. As soon as you step off the bridge, you are almost on the spacious terrace of Kaapse Brouwers, makers of the best beer in Rotterdam.
In recent years there has been a lot to do around the Fenix Food Factory, the collective of which the brewery is also a part, but in the meantime the dust has fallen somewhat and the wealth of gastronomic exceptionalities has shifted one building.
In addition to the tastiest beer, you can also get all kinds of other products in the warehouse and, as usual, enjoy everything on a concrete block on the special raw terrace. The terrace is also spacious enough to keep a distance of one and a half meters from each other. Only difference with two years ago: it is a bit more raked, because this new shed is located under a brand new residential complex. Oh well, the raw edges of Rotterdam are always on the move. Fortunately, the Cape Brewers assure us: "You can still enjoy the best beer in the Netherlands with your legs hanging above the Rijnhaven."
If you are in Katendrecht anyway, immediately walk around the warehouse to the Deliplein, the bustling heart of the Cape. There is a difficult-to-describe atmosphere of a Paris circus topped with theatrical fish sauce and a social perfume of coffee beans and newspapers. Well - hard to describe, so.
Terrace: incredibly spacious, free and unique
Service: fine, although it is best to go out on your own
View: raw and Rotterdam view of the Rijnhaven and the Kop van Zuid
Address: De Kaapse Brouwers, Nico Koomanskade 1025, 3072 LM Rotterdam
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