About us
The intimate establishment
Everyone has their own idea of a brown café: often old-fashioned with a homely interior, brown beers, brown furniture including brown curtains from the smoke. De Sigaar is a brown café with the allure of a grand café and is characterized by the homely establishment.
An authentic brown cafe with allure
Above the entrance, the Balinese mask repels evil spirits and vapors. Once inside, one can safely linger at the bar and ‘regulars table’ or under the imposing chandelier, which once enriched the interior of Hotel Schiller in Amsterdam. This feast of light is flanked by two beautiful stained-glass designs by glass masters Ballast and Bonekamp. The entire café exhibits specially crafted nostalgic paintings by Olga Wiese on the theme of “ land, sea and air’’.
Our own beer
Our own brewed Sigaar Blond and Miss Blanche Witbier flow from the taps, specially brewed for us and Hotel Miss Blanche: a fresh and floral Belgian white beer with a hint of elderflower. And then there are the wines that Wijn van Jurjen has selected especially for us.
Our food and drinks
Whether it’s early morning or late in the evening, you’ll always feel at home at Café de Sigaar. In the afternoon you can settle in for a broodje sigaar with salmon and wasabi mayo, or go for the crispy broodje kroket. The mustard soup with Groningen dry sausage goes down just as well.
Fancy a full meal? The entrecôte with pepper sauce or the fish & chips with beer-battered cod are firm favourites. Vegetarians can dig into the roasted aubergine with romesco sauce, and the veggie burger holds its own against its meaty sibling.
Prefer to stay for a drink? Then the Holtkamp bitterballen or a hearty plate of nachos are just the thing, alongside one of our own beers or a glass of wine from Jurjen. Round it off with the honey parfait, and the day is complete.
Our paintings and their story
Miss Blanche is shown sitting on an elephant in Africa, where she is accompanied by a circus performer who deliberately does not hold the parasol over her head. In the foreground the elephant’s owner with trunk hook, on his head a knotted West African cotton cloth. With cigar, of course.
The painting on the back wall shows the zeppelin “the Hindenburg” waving goodbye as it begins its journey around the world’s largest cities. The zeppelin itself is moored to the ceiling on some days, at other times it makes the trip around the world of yesteryear.
In the Arctic, Miss Blanche with a tambourine and lifebuoy amuses herself, sitting on an ice floe. Together with her jukebox orchestra of monkeys in sailor suits, she plays a merry tune. This to the great amusement of the orcas. On the horizon, the zeppelin is passing through.