De Witte (restaurant)

De Witte
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Restaurant information
Established1922
Rating1 Michelin star Michelin Guide
Street addressUtrechtseweg 2
CityAmersfoort
CountryNetherlands

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]

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]

  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.