Located off the tourist trail, (though ten minutes walk from Vondelpark) Frankie's has a quick and quality breakfast that was cheap and tasty. We went there twice and found ourselves lingering while watching the morning bicycle commute of workers and schoolchildren, all the while listening to Frankie singing along to cheesy pop songs on the radio and bantering with the locals coming in to buy their daily bread from the full selection of healthy looking loaves. It felt like a true hub of the hood. read more