A Local Staple Story By Natalie Salvatore Photos By Robert Noles
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or 30 years, the Amsterdam Café has been a staple in the Auburn community for students and citizens alike. Even during a global pandemic, the business is still
booming. Opened in 1991 as a bar, the business transformed into the restaurant it is today when the Cleveland Brothers took ownership in 1998. Amsterdam’s executive chef, Brady Thompson, joined the restaurant’s team in the fall of 2018. He said that Amsterdam is truly a family business that strives to treat everyone who walks through the doors with grace and hospitality. It is the restaurant’s
goal to make everyone’s experience enjoyable and comfortable, he said. “It is my sincere hope that the community thinks of Amsterdam Café as a place where they can have a consistently excellent experience, a place for Auburn students to bring their parents, a place for graduates to bring their children and even a place for visiting college rivals to sit down and experience a little taste of Auburn,” Thompson said. This restaurant also means a lot to the general manager, Nick Ciza, who started in 2009 as a server and worked his way up through the ranks. As exemplified with Ciza, the family aspect starts with
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