Page 164 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Stockholm

162  TR A VELLERS ’ NEEDS
WHERE TO EAT AND DRINK

Stockholm is one of Europe’s liveliest and combined with Swedish food to create
most varied cities for eating out. Several innovative and delicious cuisine. Lunchtime
of the country’s restaurants have been is the best time to sample traditional
awarded Michelin stars, and Swedish Swedish dishes, and they tend to represent
cuisine is well regarded internationally. excellent value for money. If you want to
Many of the best restaurants have been eat inexpensively in the evening, there are
opened by a number of top Swedish chefs plenty of fast-food outlets, pubs, Chinese
and they are relatively small and informal. restaurants, pizzerias, hotdog stands and
International influences are often kebab houses all over the city.

Where to Eat
have a rather sparse decor and best can be found at the most
There is a great variety of extremely high noise levels. If popular restaurants (see pp166–
restaurants all over the capital, you are looking for somewhere 71). Smoking is banned in all
not just in the city centre. quieter, it is best to choose an public bars and restaurants.
Cafés can also be found in established restaurant. There
large department stores and are many restaurants serving
shopping malls, as well as at cuisine from abroad, or “cross- Opening Times
most museums. Hot meals over” or fusion cooking, Most restaurants open for
can be had on many of the which is Swedish food lunch at 11:30am and
archipelago ferries, and several with foreign close at around
of the boats offering sightseeing influences, 10pm. Dinner is
tours also include dinner resulting in served from 6pm
(see p204). modern Swedish or even earlier.
Sandwiches with a variety cuisine. A large number
of fillings can be bought at If you are of restaurants are
cafés and cake shops, which looking for closed on Sundays
often serve inexpensive hot somewhere or Mondays, as well
dishes at lunchtime. cheap to eat, Inn sign, Gamla Stan as during the winter.
Outdoor cafés spring up in choose a pizzeria, Smaller restaurants may
the summer on many streets kebab house or café. close for their annual holiday
and squares, and also in green Those with a sweet tooth during July.
areas such as Djurgården and will be well catered for in Prices for lunch are often
Hagaparken (see pp124–5). Stockholm’s many modern extremely reasonable, even at
cafés or traditional cake shops, the more elegant places, which
which serve delicious Danish makes lunchtime a good time
Types of Restaurants pastries, cinnamon buns, to have your main meal. Dagens
Fashionable restaurants usually cakes and gateaux. lunch (lunch of the day) is
attract a young crowd, and the Stockholm has few bars generally not served after 2pm,
trendiest places sometimes (see pp178–9) as such, and the even if the restaurant is open in
the afternoon.
For those who prefer to eat
late, a number of restaurants
and pubs serve food until mid-
night or even later, particularly
those that have entertainment,
music or a disco. For those who
are still hungry, there are
24-hour hot-dog kiosks.

Vegetarian Food
Interest in vegetarian food
is increasing in Sweden, and
this is reflected by the fact
that good-quality vegetarian
cuisine is now served at most
Stockholm restaurants. There
are also several completely
The elegant and spacious dining area of the popular Grodan, on Grev Turegatan (p166) vegetarian restaurants.

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