Elixer

Elixer is a social and circular restaurant in Amsterdam's Indische Buurt, founded by chefs Eva Evers and Valentijn Klap. The weekly rotating surprise menu builds on what a dedicated green picker harvests from the restaurant's own food garden and surrounding neighbourhood plots, including Anna's Tuin and Ruigte. Every course centres on vegetables, with North Sea fish or wild meat available as an optional supplement.

Beyond the plate, Elixer reinvests profits into neighbourhood initiatives: charity meals for vulnerable residents, liberation day dinners, circular workshops, and community garden days. The interior, built entirely from donated and secondhand materials, reflects the kitchen's zero waste approach, where surplus is canned, dried, or fermented, and food scraps return to the compost.