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The neighborhoods east of the Amstel are primarily residential, but there are also some wonderful neighborhood restaurants where seasonal, market-driven cooking is the norm. This area is also home to one of Amsterdam's longstanding temples of gourmet food, La Rive in the elegant InterContinental Amstel Amsterdam Hotel.
By day, this sleek Swedish-owned establishment serves cinnamon or cardamom buns and seriously good specialty coffee from La Cabra in Copenhagen. By night, take your pick of the premium (mostly natural, mostly French) wines displayed in a ceiling-high wine chamber before indulging in chef Ciaran Naughter's contemporary à la carte creations.
