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Hospitality entrepreneur Herman Hell, known from Zalmhuis, Sijf and NRC, among others, will open a "high-profile" hospitality concept on Rotterdam's Coolsingel in February. It involves a luxury nightclub (The Grit) opening in early February and a restaurant with star chef Marco Prins at the helm, which will open in mid-February. We spoke with the successful Rotterdam native about his plans. "Twenty years ago I started in this place, now I'm back.

After a nice storm after all the lockdowns, they are now coming less: our valued guests in the hospitality industry. They spend less outdoors and are critical in their choice of where to go. Rather enjoy a good time once and then in that cool place, is now the motto. We all hope that it is our business that the guest chooses, but of course hoping is not enough. Many entrepreneurs have to keep many balls in the air at the same time, but innovation is often forgotten. Moving with the times, as it used to be called. I have to change to stay the same it says on the building of the art academy in Rotterdam and that's it. To stay yourself, you have to move with the times.

"It's very cool, we've already been here for ten years," says manager Rogier Nelisse proudly. "A lot of memories have been made there in the meantime." The NRC sits in the old building of the newspaper of the same name, which left Rotterdam several years ago. Many Rotterdammers know the café from that, too. "Precisely because I knew it from the newspaper, I went to check it out once. After all, it is a building and place with a history," says a passerby.

'BEST RESTAURANT & BAR': ZALMHUIS In this category, the jury judges the energetic vibe. For the winner, f&b offerings, atmosphere, interior and service fit the chosen concept perfectly.