Bar Pinotto
Earlier this month, Bar Pinotto opened with something of a bang, pouring riesling across the counter for 10 DKK a glass and welcoming guests to a »tipsy Wednesday«.
But before you get FOMO, hear me out. Going forward, the prices will be 50 DKK for a glass of wine, 275 DKK for a bottle, and beers for 35 DKK.
On the drinks menu, you’ll find carefully selected wines from Lieu-Dit, beers from Kølster Brewery, and a menu of snacks and smaller dishes made with seasonal ingredients. The owners of Bar Pinotto are also behind the popular wine bar Bar Pineau in Vesterbro, which is likewise known for its attractive prices.
In Bar Pinotto’s kitchen is Gustav von Rosen, who previously worked at the popular Silberbauers Bistro.
Bar Pinotto.@barpinotto. Holmbladsgade 70E, Copenhagen S. Open.
Overfor Tyren
Come for breakfast, stay for lunch, open a bottle, share a dish, share two more, stay for dinner, and dance into the night.
There is truly a full-day spectacle in store at in Vesterbro when Overfor Tyren opens the ball at Flæsketorvet 10 in Kødbyen this September.
Behind the concept is a Spanish and Latin American tradition – sobremesa – in which you linger at the table after a meal to talk, unwind, and enjoy each other’s company.
Along with a selection of low-intervention wine – that is, wine made with as little human tinkering and as few artificial additives as possible – the menu is shaped by a whirlwind of influences, offering everything from Spanish tortilla and chèvre frais to congee.
Overfor Tyren. @overfortyren. Flæsketorvet 10, Copenhagen V. Opens in September.
Daphne
Frederik Bille Brahe has once again expanded his restaurant arsenal. On August 5th, he opened Daphne, a 100-seat restaurant on Nina Bangs Plads in central Copenhagen.
The menu takes its cues from traditional French bistro cooking, and according to the restaurant, the ambition is to create a place where guests can drop by for lunch, dinner, and a glass of wine.
»My dream is to make this restaurant with really damn good, unpretentious food. Where you can sit next to a model, a film director, or a family from Nordvest. Everything’s buzzing, and it’s not too expensive, but it’s not bargain-basement either«, Frederik Bille Brahe says in an interview with the Danish Newspaper Berlingske.
But don’t worry. Even if everything is, by all accounts, supposed to ’buzz’ in that unpretentious way, there are still pricey wines and oysters on the menu.
Daphne. @restaurantdaphne. Pilestræde 58, Copenhagen K. Open.
Phoebe
On August 14, the restaurant Phoebe also opened on Nina Bangs Plads. Behind the project is the 27-year-old chef Marvin Christensen, who, after time at the Michelin-starred restaurant Marchal, is now ready to strike out on his own with his first restaurant.
The mood here will be French with a reinterpretation of French cooking, free of dogma about snails and frisée salad. It may end up as a challenger to Bille Brahe’s new unpretentious French bistro, even if Marvin Christensen stresses that he isn’t looking for a fight.
»We’re the kindergartners, and they’re the ninth-graders in the schoolyard. So it’s important not to start hurling snowballs at the big boys from day one«, he tells the Danish magazine Euroman.
Phoebe.@phoebeincph. Pilestræde 63, Copenhagen K. Open.
Beshket
’Beshket’ means ‘trouble’ in Ukrainian. Whether that means the Ukrainian restaurant of the same name will stir up trouble on Copenhagen’s dining scene remains to be seen
Co-founder, chef, and food stylist Maryna Korsun is leading the concept, and her clear ambition is to change perceptions of Ukrainian culture, which she believes has far more to offer than just borscht and Cossacks.
For years, she ran the kitchens at Zigzag, Bursa, and Avangarden in Kyiv, and most recently she has travelled all around Ukraine in search of local products and recipes, with the aim of serving modern Ukrainian bistro-style comfort food in Copenhagen.
Just as we’ll have to wait patiently for a date and location, we’ll also have to wait a bit longer to get our hands on a menu.
Beshket.@beshket.cph. Location still unknown, as is the opening date.
Casita
When four friends from Frederiksberg spotted the chance to open their own place in their own neighborhood, they couldn’t let it pass them by.
Together, they are now opening Casita, which means ’little house’ in Spanish, and it’s that homey atmosphere they want to create in the deli.
The place is inspired by Latin American flavors, and the menu includes crispy tostadas and freshly made sandwiches, along with wine and coffee.
Casita. @casita.cph. Gl. Kongevej 85, Frederiksberg. Opens August 23.
Tambo
Rantzausgade already houses a mecca of popular spots like Baka d’Busk, Cleo, and Scarpetta. Soon, they’ll have company in Tambo Kitchen.
Behind Tambo are the Italian-Venezuelan chef Bernardo Costantino and his partner, the designer Tilde Emborg Fossum.
Bernado Costantino has, among other things, worked at Noma and Atelier September, and according to the Danish magazine Euroman, he helped define the look of the latter with its whipped, Instagrammable mountains of butter. Tambo Kitchen will be his first place of his own.
The couple designed the restaurant themselves, and at the center of the restaurant there will be a custom-built carpenter-made kitchen island, from which all the food will be prepared.
They haven’t revealed the menu yet, so whether the butter mountain has found its way to Tambo Kitchen is still unknown.
For now, Tambo Kitchen can only be rented for private events of up to 40 people. The couple tells Euroman that they expect to open fully in the fall, when they’ll be open from morning to night, serving tea, coffee, and wine, and everything from breakfast and lunch to dinner.
Tambo. @tambo.kitchen. Rantzausgade 62, Copenhagen N. Opening date still unknown.
Café Daisy
You might even call the next restaurant historic. At the newly opened Cafe Daisy at the National Museum of Denmark, you can quite literally eat your way through history and national heritage.
The café is run by the restaurant group Madkastellet, and they’ve brought the museum’s collections and exhibitions into the kitchen, building a menu as a series of small snapshots of Danish history and culture.
Rasmus Pors, a co-owner of Madkastellet, emphasizes that the idea is not to create »museum theater on a plate«, but rather that the food should give guests something to keep talking about after they’ve made their way through the exhibitions, he tells the news site migogkbh.
The café is open to everyone, even if you aren’t visiting the museum.
Café Daisy. @daisy_nationalmuseet. Nationalmuseet, 1st. floor. Ny Vestergade 10, Copenhagen K. Open.
Lilac
If you immediately associate cooking over fire with marshmallows and campfire bread, think again.
On Papirøen in the city centre, Lilac invites guests in for a more refined take on flame-cooked food, where most dishes pass through the restaurant’s Josper grill.
You can take a seat in the bar and lounge if you’re just in the mood for drinks and snacks, or in the dining room if you want to dig into their seasonal sharing plates.
Behind the concept is the team from Søly Café and Søly Bageri, along with head chef Andrew Valenzuela, who previously worked in the kitchens at Noma and Relæ and is also behind the sister concept Kant on Papirøen.
Lilac.@lilaccph. Papirøen 53, Copenhagen K. Open.
Five Guys
What do burgers and all-you-can-eat peanuts have in common?
The answer is the hyped fast-food chain Five Guys, which earlier this summer opened its first Danish locations at the shopping malls Fields and Fisketorvet.
The Five Guys concept is that you can build your burger however you like and load it with all the toppings your heart desires at no extra charge. Still, prices are closer to the burgerjoint Gasoline Grill than to McDonald’s.
What Five Guys can’t match on price compared with other popular fast-food chains, it apparently makes up for with gimmicks.
As a fixed part of the chain’s concept, there’s a box on the floor filled with peanuts that you can help yourself to. It’s a signature from the company’s early years, when staff used it as a way to distract hungry customers while their food was being made.
Another signature is Five Guys’ milkshakes. The most attention-grabbing one is served with whipped cream and bacon.
So yes, the setup makes it very clear that you can satisfy your unapologetically American cravings.
Five Guys. @fiveguysdenmark. Fields, Arne Jacobsens Allé 12, Copenhagen S and Fisketorvet, Kalvebod Brygge 59, Copenhagen V. Open.
Isted 107
Isted 107 – as the name perfectly states – is a newly opened ice-cream shop at Istedgade 107 in Vesterbro.
The shop has made a particular splash on Instagram with ice cream topped with cake crumble and its take on the classic ice cream fluff, here upgraded to torched meringue. And yes, you can also get soft-serve topped with pork rinds.
You can also stuff your cone with classic scoops like pistachio and chocolate, even if they sit alongside flavors like Szechuan pepper, shiso, and thyme.
All told, Isted 107 has 18 different flavors on the menu, and the ice cream is made from scratch every morning.
Ibyen’s reviewer, Nasra Jama, stopped by to taste several varieties, but despite the colorful, ambitious toppings and flavors, the experience was hit or miss.
The best taste experience is found among the classics: vanilla and lemon.
Isted 107.@isted107. Istedgade 107, Copenhagen V. Open.
Fono Bar
Where Mexibar previously found success with its Mexican joint, a new team has now moved into Elmegade, setting its sights on Japan instead.
The place is called Fono Bar and describes itself as a cocktail bar for music nerds.
You’re probably thinking: Sure, another bar with a turntable. But at Fono, it’s not vinyl, it’s CDs being flipped behind the bar.
The concept draws inspiration from Japanese listening bars, also called kissas, where sound and the listening experience are at the center of it all.
»We’ve driven all over the country picking up a lot of CD collections, while also meeting with HiFi Klubben and KT Radio, and we’ve brought in a listening consultant, too, to make sure we get exactly the right equipment«, they tell the Danish newspaper Berlingske.
Fono Bar. @fonobar.cph. Elmegade 27, Copenhagen N. Open.
The Jeffery
Copenhageners can’t get enough of Guinness.
The Jeffery has listened and is now presenting Copenhagen’s first proper English pub on Nørrebrogade.
Here you can absolutely split the G, and you can also enjoy the dark beer with a proper plate of bangers and mash or a Scotch egg.
And, of course, you can follow both the Premier League and the Danish Superliga.
The pub was started by Matthew Jeffery and Kasper Bundgård Christensen, who also run the seafood chain Hooked.
Over time, The Jeffery will be filled with quiz nights, live music, and Sunday roasts – the sort of thing the two owners themselves associate with a British pub.
In fact, the pub is already offering its first Sunday roast on September 13. Cheers.
The Jeffery. @the_jeffery_pub. Nørrebrogade 160, Copenhagen N. Open.
Kavata
The newly opened, family-run restaurant Kavata wants to make Turkish hospitality a regular part of the menu in Sydhavnen.
Behind the concept is Nesrin Eren, who drew on her upbringing to create a menu rooted in modern cooking from Istanbul and Anatolia, but with Danish influences.
One of the signature dishes is called Kavata Manti: Turkish dumplings made with old Danish grain varieties and served with either lamb or lentils, yogurt, and spiced butter sauce.
Beyond that, the menu is abundant with everything from dolma and Turkish lamb meatballs to squid and fermented vegetables, though the ingredients follow the Danish seasons.
The wine list features Anatolian grape varieties from smaller producers, and if you’re looking for something stronger, you can order a glass of the Turkish anise liqueur raki.
Kavata. @kavata_cph. Borgbjergsvej 13, Copenhagen SV. Open.
Cinderella
Soon, it’s going to be both French and a little fresh on Nørrebro.
This fall, the team behind the Parisian neo-bistro Cendrillon will open a Danish sister restaurant on Nørrebrogade.
Cendrillon has drawn attention for its quirky, at times slightly provocative, take on the French bistro.
The menu pulls from the team’s international backgrounds and travels, and even if the foundation is French bistro fare, it spans a wide range of food cultures.
On the menu, you’ll be able to find tartare, raw fish, rotisserie chicken, grilled meats, and bar snacks, while Sundays bring a more relaxed ’Sunday Funday’ concept, which, judging from Instagram, could mean anything from a hangover brunch to a wine tasting.
Cinderella. @cinderella.cph. Nørrebrogade 164, Copenhagen N. Opening date still unknown.
Restaurant Magnolia
Last year, as the only female head chef in Denmark, she won a Michelin star for her work at Texture. Now the American-born Erin Sykes has left the fine-dining restaurant on Sølvgade to open her own place in the central Copenhagen space that once housed the cocktail bar 1105.
In an interview with Euroman, Erin Sykes says Restaurant Magnolia is named after the tree she loved to climb as a child in North Carolina, and that the menu at the new restaurant will offer new versions of dishes from her childhood. For instance, the stuffed turkey from the family’s Thanksgiving meals will become a canapé with turkey liver foie gras and peaches.
Restaurant Magnolia is expected to open at the end of September.
Restaurant Magnolia. @restaurant_magnolia. Kristen Bernikows Gade 4, Copenhagen K. Opens in September.
La Fable
At Denmark’s oldest jazz club, La Fontaine on Kompagnistræde, they’ve given the bar a little extra attention over the summer. Here, you could find the wine pop-up La Fable, which has been pouring both wine and cocktails.
Now they’ve announced that, toward the end of the year, they’ll open in a permanent location. Until we know more, you can still swing by Kompagnistræde for both jazz and wine.
La Fable. @lafablecph. Kompagnistræde 11, Copenhagen K. (pop-up location). Open.
Hjørnet NV
The corner of Nattergalevej and Vibevej in Nordvest has a new occupant called Hjørnet NV.
The address has previously housed various bars and cafés, and now the doors have opened once again, this time with a mantra of creating an all day hangout spot.
Hjørnet NV first welcomed guests in June, with a dream of creating a local gathering place where you can meet over a cup of coffee in the morning, a panini for lunch, or a glass of wine, beer, or a cocktail as the day winds down, the café’s founder, Christoffer Woldger Frederiksen, writes on Facebook.
The baked goods are delivered fresh from the bakery Prinsessens lækre bag, and the drinks list features classics like a Paloma and a vermouth tonic, as well as ’koldskål’ (cold Danish dessert made out of buttermilk, egg yolks, sugar and lemon, ed.) with strawberries, lemon and vodka.
Hjørnet NV.@hjornet_nv. Nattergalevej 38, Copenhagen NV. Open.
Garage Is
Not many people look at an old garage on Frederiksberg and think: This would be the perfect place for an ice-cream shop.
But some do.
The unlikely trio, as they call themselves, Sofus Waade Zwinge, Kenneth Wexiø, and Valdemar Kludt, completely fell in love with the small space, even though it »looked like absolute crap, to put it mildly, when we took it over«, 24-year-old Sofus Waade Zwinge told the news site FrederiksbergLiv. And they also felt the area was missing an ice-cream shop.
After months of sprucing it up, they opened the doors in July with a selection of Italian gelato, sorbet, and coffee from the Danish coffee roastery Prolog.
For now, it’s Kastbergs Is producing the ice cream, but an Italian ice-cream machine with a delayed delivery time is said to be arriving soon.
And as soon as the machine arrives, two of the trio’s three will head to Bologna, where they’ll take a course in making ice cream.
Garage Is. @garage_is_og_kaffe. Rosenørns Allé 58A, Frederiksberg. Open.
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