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BITESIZE Words: Pelle Tamleht More accessible Häk
tet at Hornsgatan gets updated. Last month, Restaurang Häktet closed down their kitchen for a couple of days and gave both the menu and the dining room an overhaul for the first time in six years. “Our guests dine out more often and in a less formal way than they did six years ago when we opened Häktet”, says founder Viktor Nyman. “You want to arrive in a big group, and at the same time have flexibility. Someone might want to eat a full threecourse meal while someone else might just want a little snack and more might settle in just for a drink. That’s why we’re trying to make it easier to just pop in and have something small or something more substantial. Do whatever you want, when you want to”, he continues. With their new food concept the old a la carte menu has given way to a menu comprised of several different snack alternatives, around 14 mid-sized dishes and a couple of desserts. As a guest you can dine anywhere in the premises, including at the bar. Plus there will always be a couple of tables that cannot be pre-booked, keeping them free for drop-ins. The interior has also seen change and feels a lot more airy, and when lunchtime is over 20 Häktet will stay open so you can stay all through the afternoon if you wish. In this way Häktet will be even more accessible for everyone at all times. “We have a beer bar, a chambre separée, a cocktail bar and a lot of music inside the restaurant. With new opening times and simpler items on the menu Häktet will become a meeting spot accessible for all kind of needs. We plan to open up for brunch during weekends and then we’d offer pretty much everything within the food, music and restaurant business”, says Louice Nilsson, restaurant manager. haktet.se New Nytorget bar After about ten years on Nytorget, Urban Deli has added another bar to its little restaurant empire. Its new Post Bar offers craft wine, and food made using recycling and refining of raw produce from their market. “We’re thinking it will be like a living-room where it will be easy to try new, natural, quality craft wines, hear a personal tip from the sommelier and to eat something new and exciting.” Apart from the wine, there will be craft beer, new innovative non-alcoholic drinks and a smaller assortment of liquor and cocktails. Their food philosophy is taking its inspiration from nature, with a lot of greens and Swedish produce using conservation, fermentation and recycling. Quite modern, in other words. In late November Urban Deli opened yet another bar – a cocktail bar on the roof of Urban Deli, Sveavägen.