Agenda

Music was our first love, and you’re goddam right it will be our last. That’s why we not only play a broad range of cool stuff, but we have dj’s from Thursday to Saturday and semi-acoustic live gigs on Sundays, with acts from around the globe.

On Kingsday the 27th of April we go all out with a big stage outside. And then there’s stand up comedy in the shape of Ken Parson’s Ironic Curtain Comedy Club, in English.

CPC's longest running program, ICCC, returns every 2nd Sunday of the month, in English, with amateurs and pro's from all over the world. From 16.30 till about 18.30.

Hosted by Ken Parsons, the Jester of the West.

Welcome to west

You are about to enter Charlie’s world, where liquids, solids & sounds merge freely to form a universe all of its own. Get yourself a drink, fasten your seatbelts and rock with us!

Monday-Thursday 15.00-01.00
Friday 15.00-03.00
Saturday 13.00-03.00
Sunday 13.00-01.00

 Checkpoint Charlie is the gateway to West and Westerpark, at a collision point where De Jordaan, the Centre and the Westerpark area meet. We have Weihenstephaner ale on draft, awesome snacks like Berlin currywurst, served with an eclectic mix of rock, funk, soul, reggae, ska, bluegrass and old school hiphop. We’re a real place, with an excellent staff and friendly owners behind the bar. We got DJ’s, small live gigs, comedy, spoken word, improv jams, pop and pub quizzes, and loads of rock ’n roll. See our ‘sounds’ section for more.

This story started in 2014, when we, Jaro, Jeroen and Carina found a place in this fair city that made our hearts beat faster; it was big, ugly and available. Perfect. We got the money together by asking everyone around us. People lend us big chunks of the budget we were aiming for, but we gave everyone an opportunity to contribute by opening an account and paying in advance. An amazing thing happened. All the people we knew joined in, it went viral on Facebook alone and within a week or so we collected 10.000 euro. It finalized at 22.049… If that wasn’t enough to put tears in our eyes and goosebumps on our skins, every day we were rebuilding the place, people stopped by to lend us a hand. Painting, breaking, building, cleaning, you name it, our friends did it. We are so incredibly grateful for this, words can’t express. Now it’s up to us to make this what we want it to be: a place worthy of Amsterdam.

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The number of different beers we serve, 7 of them on draft

862

The amount of hours it took to revive the spot from the former sorry state it was in Blood, sweat and an awful lot of painting from our friends, a.k.a. The Rebel Alliance. Some of them have proved themselves to be Jedi's.

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The amount of people involved to bring this monster to life From plumbers to painters, from grafitti artists to designers, from sound engineers to electricians; awesome people from all walks of life.

Liquids

Beer

We have eight taps, two of which are reserved for our regular ale, the absolutely wonderful Weihenstephan pilsener, and one for the Hefe Weisse from the same Bavarian brewery, with a history of almost a thousand years the oldest official brewery in the world. We’re proud to be one of the few café’s in Holland serving this pilsener from draft. The other taps contain mostly local beers, ranging from IPA’s to triples.

Draft Beer

pilsner, weihenstephaner – vaas EN

PILS. MOUTIG, HOPPIG. 5,1%
3.30

pilsner, weihenstephaner – pint

BEER. MALTY, HOPPY. 5.1%
6.30

Hefe Weizen, Weihenstephaner - small

WHEAT BEER. SWEET AND CREAMY. 5.4%
3.50

hefe weizen, weihenstephaner – pint

WHEAT BEER. SWEET AND CREAMY. 5.4%
7.30

Zatte, Brouwerij ‘t ij

SPICY, SOMEwhat SWEET TRIPLE. 8%
5.90

Mooie Nel ipa, Jopen

flowery, sweet, hoppy. 6,5%
5.90

Gajes, Bruut

TRIPEL. DRY HOPPED, BITTER. 8%
5.90

Weihenstephaner Dunkel Weizen

DUNKELWEIZEN: unFILTEReD wheat beer. 6%
3.50

BEER of the MOMENT

5.90

Bottled Beer

Alcohol Free

jever fun

4.00

HEFE WEISSE, WEIHENSTEPHAN 0,5L

4.00

NON I.P.A, JOPEN

5.90
Blond

WAZIG, BRUUT

Delicious Hazy and fruity fresh New England IPA 5%
5.90

la chouffe

5.90

duvel

5.90

La Trappe Blond

5.90
I.P.A / INDIAN PALE ALE

WAZIG, BRUUT

FRUITY, SWEET, TROPICAL. 5%
5.90

PUNK I.P.A, BREWDOG

GRAPEFRUIT, PINEAPPLE, LYCHEE. LOTS OF HOP, BITTER. 5.6%
5.90

blurred lines, JOPEN

cloudy, fruity, juicy, classic NEIPA 5.3%
5.90
PALE ALE

0.00

green bullet, TWO CHEFS BREWING

flowery, hop. 5,7%
5.90

Pink Pogo, Bruut

Refreshing blonde ale with grapefruit, 6%
5.90
Tripel

KARMELIET

CLASSIC BELGIAN TRIPEL, SWEET. 8.4%
5.90
Sour
Other

MANNENLIEFDE, OEDIPUS

SAISON. FRESH BLOND BEER, LIME GRASS, SZECHUAN PEPPERS. 6%
5.90

IJWIT, 'T IJ

SLIGHTLY CLOUDY, SOFT, FRESH, CILANTRO, LEMON. 6.5%
5.90

KRIEK, BOON

BLACKCURRANT, FRUIT, FRESH, SWEET, SLIGHT SOUR. 4%
5.50

GUINNESS

IRISH DRY STOUT, LIGHTER TASTE, MALTY. 4.2%
5.90

Swingers, Oedipus

gose, salty sour summer beer, lime. 4%
5.90

Jever Pils

german pilsener
4.00

LA TRAPPE double

brown Trappist beer, malty, caramel, chocolate 7.7%
5.90

Ciders

Magners cider

Traditional Irish cider 4.5%
5.50

Bear apple cider

Dutch cider from Dutch apples 5%
6.50

Hard Liquor

In our search for the right stuff we always go for quality. If that means avoiding the big factories, even better. Our tequila for example is 100% agave, we have a very honest Venezuelan rum and a Scottish peat whisky from Islay that will make you want to call your loved ones.

WHISK(E)Y / BOURBON

four roses

Classic bourbon from the US; full, powerful.
5.00

Jameson

Mild, smooth Irish whisky
5.00

Jan De wandelaar

Scotch whiskey made in Amsterdam from barley, slightly peated.
5.00

Jack Daniels

The one and only. Lemmy's favorite drink.
5.00

Makers Mark

Classic bourbon from USA. Caramel, nuts and oak.
5.50

Glenmorangie 10 yrs.

matured in bourbon barrels; fresh fruit, sweet honey and toffee
6.50

GLENLIVET 12 yrs.

smooth and fruity whisky; honey, peach, pear
6.50

Laphroaig 10 yrs.

very smoky Islay single malt whiskey from Islay
6.50

Vodka

spraakwater

5.00

wyborowa

5.00

Zubrovka

5.00

Rum

pampero bianco

5.50

pampero anejo especial

5.00

diplomatico anejo

6.50

TEQUILA / mezcal

tequila corralejo blanco

5.00

tequila corralejo reposado

5.50

tequila corralejo anejo

6.50

Mezcal nuestra soledad

6.50

Cognac

Courvoisier V.S

6.50

Remy Martin V.S.O.P.

6.00

Dutch gin

Zuidam korenwijn

4.00

zuidam 3 yrs

4.50

KETEL 1

THE most famous Dutch jenever
3.00

Gin

Bombay Sapphire

5.50

annabel

AMSTERDAM GIN
5.00

hendrick’s

6.50

Other

0.00

0.00

aperol

3.00

Baileys

4.50

Calvados

4.00

Campari

4.00

grappa nonino vendemmia

4.00

Jägermeister

3.50

kahlua

4.50

Limoncello

4.50

liqor 43

4.50

Malibu

4.00

Ricard

4.50

Sambucca Molinari

4.50

Southern Comfort

4.50

parade vieux

3.50

weduwe joustra berenburg

2.50

Salmari

4.00

Martini Bianco & Rosso

4.00

Wine

So much to say, so little time. But we’ll try: we have two whites and two reds. Our organic housewines are a wonderful white blend from Spain, containing sauvignon blanc, verdejo and airen grapes, and a robust red tempranillo from the same country. Above the rim we have a more bodied and complex white pinot grigio and a very tempting sangiovese di Toscana, ripe with fruits, both, of course, from Italy. We also serve prosecco, and, perhaps surprisingly, a more than decent sweet white from France as well as an elegant Spanish rosé.

white

Tradition Blanc Château Fontarèche, France

Southern French, full of juice, cheerful in summer, thirst-quenchingly fresh
4.50

pinot grigio di veneto, cavazza, italy

white fruit, almond bitters, cinnamon, nutmeg, seductive
5.00

red

Corbières tradition rouge, Château Fontarèche, France

Blackberries, laurel liquorice, friendly
4.50

sangiovese di toscana, caparzo, italy

strawberries, blackcurrant, very smooth tannins
5.00

Rose etc.

PROSECCO EXTRA DRY 0,20 l

Corte dei Rosi, Italy
8.00

CAVA BRUT RESERVA 0,75 l

Bolet, Spanje
25.00

ROSE PINOT GRIGIO BLUSH

Italy
5.00

kopke port, ruby

4.00

Coffee & Tea

Since coffee is probably the most important commodity on the planet, after clean water and love, we treat this subject seriously. The beans are grown in Brazil by Bruno Souza, whom we met when he was in Amsterdam. They’re roasted in Noord, just across the water, by Kees Kraakman and his boys, a.k.a. Keppler.

Espresso

2.50

0.00

0.00

latte

3.00

ice coffee

3.50

oat milk

0.50

tea

2.50

fresh mint TEA

2.50

fresh ginger TEA

2.50

fresh ginger-mint TEA

3.00

Hot chocolate

3.50

Whipped cream

0.50

chai latte

3.50

Soft drinks & juice

We’re living in exciting times when it comes to soda’s and juices; lots of small but passionate companies around Europe are creating pure and tasty alternatives for the usual suspects. Our cola is from Hamburg’s own Fritz-Kola, and it actually tastes better than you-know-what. Special shout out goes to Agroposta, a juice with all natural fruits and herbs, handpicked in a.o. Croatia. Yes, you read that right, and we’re not even kidding.

Soft drinks

fritz-kola

3.00

fritz-kola sugar free

3.00

Fritz Orange

3.00

Fritz bio-Apfelschorle

4.00

Fritz bio-rubarb schorle

4.00

LIPTON ice tea

3.00

SCHWEPPES Gingerale

3.00

KINLEY bitter lemon

3.00

KINLEY tonic

3.00

Chaudfontaine Red

3.00

Chaudfontaine Blue

3.00

chocomel

3.00

Orangina

4.00

pit ginger beer

4.00

LEMONAID LeMON

4.00

LEMONAID ginger

4.00

CHARITEA GREEN

4.00

AGROPOSTA LeMONADE

4.00

club mate

4.00

Juice

big tom spicy tomato juice

3.50

schulp apple juice

3.00

schulp orange

3.50

schulp apple/elderberry

3.50

schulp pear

3.00
Solids
We like short lines of transport from our suppliers to the bar. That means we serve locally produced goodies, like our 180-grams curry wurst by Brandt en Levie and righteous triple layer tosti’s from Amsterdam. And last but certainly not least, bitterballen and more from Oma Bob. Because let’s face it: There Can Only Be One.

Cool

CRISPS

Various flavours
2.50

Charlies mixed nuts

2.50

Sweet

Fried food by grandma bob

veggie croquette balls

7.00

mushroom croquette balls

7.00

cheese sticks

7.00

kimchi croquettes by Funk Gilde

7.00

Hot

Tosties

ham/cheese

cornbread with ham and cheese
5.50

OLD DUTCH

wholewheat bread with aged Dutch cheese and MUSTAAAAAAARD!!!!!
5.50
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Contact

You Left something in the bar?
Have a quick question?

Call us.

Wanna discuss a broader plan, like organizing world domination?

Send us an email.

0031 611435805
info[at]timebenderde.com

Nassaukade 48
1052 CM Amsterdam

Birthday?

You’re most welcome to celebrate your birthday, your graduation, your new bicycle or your flawless GTA victory and any other reason you might have for a party, here at CPC. Not on Fridays though, they are generally too busy.

This is how it works:
Call or email us with the date, the hour of arrival, the estimated number of people, and of course your name. Your first beverage is on us. Please note; we don't reserve tables, but you'll find a spot, don't worry.

If you want to buy your friends a couple of drinks you can either tell the staff how much you want to spend, if it’s for any drink or beer/wine/soda’s only, or, if it’s just about a welcome drink, you can get any number of coins at the bar.
You can also bring a cake and some food if you want, but please clean up after yourself. Any other questions, just ask.

It’s not possible to rent the place exclusively, we feel very strongly about being open for everyone.

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