Bij Ann (market stall)

Bij Ann is an Arnhem-based business centered on coffee, pastries, and savory items. Its current public form is a market stall at the Arnhem market in the city center. This form followed the closure of the brunch café on Hommelstraat on July 26, 2025. According to its own communications, Bij Ann was to be present at the market with a market cart from late September 2025.

The business is publicly associated with Anne-Will Vierhuizen. The name Bij Ann refers to her role as founder and operator. Its history dates back to home catering between 2016 and 2019. This was followed by the brunch café, which was located on Hommelstraat from March 2019 to July 2025. Thus, in 2025, Bij Ann shifted from a fixed hospitality location to a market concept.

According to its own description, the concept of Bij Ann revolves around food as a connecting factor. This includes food, family, friends at the table, coffee, and cake. This approach aligns with the transition from catering to café and then to a market stall. The focus is not solely on coffee, but on a broader range of sweet and savory products.

The market stall is present on Fridays and Saturdays at the Arnhem market. Friday hours are listed as 08:00 to 13:45. For Saturday, an end time of 16:15 is mentioned, with the caveat that the selection may run out earlier. This indicates that the stock may vary from one market day to the next.

At the market, Bij Ann serves coffee, homemade brownies, sweet items, cake, and savory items. The assortment is not described as a fixed menu. The business’s own information refers to a rotating market offering. As a result, it is not publicly documented which products are available on each market day.

For the coffee, Boot Koffie from Baarn is mentioned. The coffee is described in the company's own biography as organic coffee from Boot. This makes the coffee supplier publicly known. However, there is no public description of the current brewing methods at the market stall. Only the fact that coffee is served has been established for the current market format.

More detail is available for the former brunch café. There, coffee was brewed using a Mirage machine by Kees van der Westen. This information pertains to the period at Hommelstraat. It therefore cannot be automatically applied to the current market stall. This distinction is important for an accurate description.

A social component also emerges in the available information about Bij Ann. During the café's early days, Ann's mother, friends, and regular guests helped with preparation or daily support. During the pandemic, Bij Ann switched to takeaway meals, combined with coffee and sweet treats. This shows how the business responded to changing circumstances in different phases.

Bij Ann was mentioned in January 2021 as a new member of the Arnhems Hert community. Additionally, the LinkedIn page describes the business in connection with cake, coffee, and supporting people who are distant from the labor market. No workshops, tastings, exhibitions, or recurring programs have been publicly documented for the current market stall.

The most concrete information regarding procurement concerns the organic coffee from Boot in Baarn. For the former café, a 2024 lunch mention noted that no-waste and sustainability were important. As an example, croissant-wentelteefjes (croissant sandwiches) were mentioned, made when croissants from the previous day were left over.

Less information is available for the current market stall. The reference to organic Boot coffee remains the most clearly documented point. The varying assortment may also be relevant for inventory management, but further current practices are not publicly described. Claims about broader sustainability would therefore need further substantiation.

Bij Ann previously appeared in local publications about Arnhem coffee shops and lunch spots. A review article on coffee locations in Arnhem still referred to the café at Hommelstraat. The affiliation with Arnhems Hert was also publicly mentioned in 2021. In 2025, local aggregators reported on the closure of the brunch café and plans regarding pastries and market sales.

A later breakfast list from 2026 still mentioned Bij Ann with the old address at Hommelstraat. This mention does not align with the company's own announcement that the café closed in July 2025. Therefore, for current information about the business, the distinction between the closed café and the market stall is essential.

Within the Arnhem coffee scene, Bij Ann takes a form that differs from a fixed coffee bar. The business combines coffee with homemade and savory products within a market context. The available information primarily shows a transition: from home catering to brunch café, and then to market stall. For coffee enthusiasts, the coffee supplier is clearly established. Less is publicly known about brewing methods, bean profiles, and current coffee menus.