Bar Bertus

Bar Bertus is a coffee bar located at Alexanderplein 6 in Amsterdam. The venue is situated in the Plantagebuurt, on the border with Amsterdam-Oost. Public mentions link the location to a corner building that previously housed restaurant Elkaar. Available information places Bar Bertus within the recent development of new hospitality venues in the city. The venue was publicly described as open in May 2025.

Public sources name Bart Helthuis as the person who opened Bar Bertus. According to local reporting, he worked in the media for approximately fifteen years before switching to the hospitality industry. This background is mentioned as part of the story surrounding the bar's launch, but not as a review of the venue.

According to available sources, the name Bertus refers to family names. De Brug mentions Bart Helthuis’ father Albertus and his grandfather Bertus. Oost-online describes the name as a reference to Bart’s father and his wife’s grandfather. The sources thus establish a clear link between the bar’s name and the founder’s family history.

The official description of Bar Bertus revolves around coffee, local snacks, a terrace, and a combination of Twentse straightforwardness with Amsterdam energy. This is a positioning the venue itself uses. For a journalistic description, it is primarily relevant that the bar presents itself as an accessible place for coffee and small eating moments in the neighborhood.

The venue is also linked to local residents and coffee drinkers in local reporting. This concerns a described intention or atmosphere, not an independently established impact on the neighborhood. No visitor figures, revenue data, or other measurable data regarding Bar Bertus’ role in the area are included in the provided material.

For coffee, Bar Bertus uses beans from Blommers Coffee Roasters from Nijmegen. This supplier is mentioned on the bar’s own website and in local reporting. The official site also states that the coffee is prepared using machines from Kees van der Westen. Thus, both the coffee roaster and the equipment are publicly named.

The publicly documented coffees include, among others, coffee, espresso, and cappuccino. Other coffee variants are also mentioned, although a full menu is not included in the provided material. No public menu was found describing manual brewing methods such as filter, pour-over, AeroPress, or batch brew. Therefore, no further statement can be made on this basis.

Beyond coffee, the sources mention various food and drink options. These include apple pie, croissants, smoothies, quark with fruit, and Twentse krentewegge. Wine and beer are also mentioned. These elements position Bar Bertus not only as a coffee shop but also as a hospitality venue with a broader daily offering.

The mention of Twentse krentewegge aligns with the Twente reference in the concept. This makes the regional origin of certain elements visible within the venue’s presentation. However, the available material does not provide a complete overview of suppliers, recipes, or changes in the offering.

Limited public information is available regarding activities. One publicly mentioned event is Coffee & Beats, which was announced on Facebook for Friday, September 26, 2025, at Alexanderplein 6. Additionally, oost-online reports that the space is used in the evenings for private dinners and birthdays.

No publicly documented workshops, tastings, exhibitions, or recurring public programs were found in the provided material. As a result, the image of the community function remains limited to the mentioned positioning, the one documented event, and the reported use for closed gatherings.

The clearest information regarding sourcing concerns the collaboration with Blommers Coffee Roasters. Blommers itself communicates that the roastery buys directly from farmers and works with producers. This is a statement at the roastery level. It is not a separate sustainability policy of Bar Bertus itself.

No Bar Bertus-specific policy was found in the provided material regarding waste, packaging, certification, or a code of conduct for suppliers. No concrete sustainability goals are mentioned either. For readers, this means that the available information primarily speaks to the chosen coffee roaster, rather than a broader documented policy of the bar.

Bar Bertus received attention in local and hospitality-focused media in May and June 2025. De Brug published an article on May 16, 2025, about the opening at Alexanderplein. Oost-online followed up on May 21, 2025, with an article about the venue in Amsterdam-Oost. De Buik van Amsterdam included Bar Bertus in an overview of new Amsterdam hospitality venues in June 2025.

Misset Horeca mentioned Bar Bertus in an overview of hospitality venues that opened in May 2025. No awards, rankings, or other forms of recognition for Bar Bertus are listed in the provided material. The public documentation therefore consists primarily of opening announcements, local profiles, and mentions in hospitality overviews.