De Witte (restaurant)

De Witte is a defunct restaurant in Amersfoort in the Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin stars in 1960 and retained that rating until 1981.[1][2][3][4][5]

De Witte
Restaurant information
Established1922
Rating Michelin Guide
Street addressUtrechtseweg 2
CityAmersfoort
CountryNetherlands

The hotel-café-restaurant was established in a villa in 1922. Originally, it was named "Ter Horst". In 1925, after being sold to C.J.G. Hastrich, it was renamed to "De Witte". In 1956 the villa was replaced by a purpose-built building, but father Hastrich was not there anymore, having died in 1955 just before the rebuilding. Son Ernst Hastrich took over.[6][7]

Its owner in the Michelin era was Ernst Hastrich, founder and chairperson of the Alliance Gastronomique Neerlandaise.

After closure of the hotel and restaurant in 1988, it was changed into a Chinese-Indonesian restaurant called Boeddha. Restaurant De Wok, successor of restaurant Boeddha, was closed down by the local government in March 2006 due to fire and safety issues.[8] The 1956 building was knocked down in 2006 and was to be replaced by a bank building.[9][10][11] Bankruptcy of the Van Hoogevest Groep prevented that and the property was left undeveloped. In 2010 there was again an initiative to build, this time for an office building.[12]

See also

Sources and references
  1. (in Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1957 t/m 1964 Last visited 24 July 2011
  2. (in Dutch) Historical overview Michelin stars 1965 t/m 1970 Last visited 24 July 2011
  3. Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1971 t/m 1975" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1971-1975]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  4. Brandligt, Vivie (30 March 2012). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren 1976 t/m 1980" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1976-1980]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  5. Brandligt, Vivie (19 June 2007). "Historisch overzicht Michelinsterren" [Historical overview Dutch Michelin stars 1981-1985]. Misset Horeca (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2013.
  6. (in Dutch) Hotel-Café-Restaurant De Witte
  7. (in Dutch) De Vrouw & Haar Huis - De Witte
  8. "Gemeente sluit hotel-restaurant De Wok". Stad Amersfoort (in Dutch). 29 March 2006.
  9. "Sloop legendarisch hotel in Amersfoort". Misset Horeca (in Dutch). 20 September 2004. Retrieved 16 December 2011.
  10. "ABN AMRO naar plek 'restaurant Boeddha'". Stad Amersfoort (in Dutch). 30 August 2006.
  11. "Boeddha en De Witte weg". Stad Amersfoort (in Dutch). 20 October 2006.
  12. "Kantoorgebouw op de plek Boeddha". Stad Amersfoort (in Dutch). 14 July 2010.


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