Author: Sari Peltonen
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The Design Lover’s Xmas Gift Guide
Finding the right gift for the design lover in your life can be tricky. There’s a lot of stuff out…
Design March: Don’t Miss These!
DesignTalks The signature event of DesignMarch, the day-long seminar, centres this year on the designers’ role as visionaries and strategists….
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The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2013
…For Best Product, Product Line, Design Project, and Fashion Design of 2012Now in their third year, The Grapevine Design Awards…
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Við Djúpið, Fortissimo!
A fishing community of 2,600 inhabitants may seem an unlikely hub for music, but as it turns out, the inhabitants…
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Chamber Music For Summer Solstice In Ísafjörður
For one week during the summer solstice, the hills around the fjord-side town of Ísafjörður are alive with the sound…
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Farewell to Forks
The cover girl of the Icelandic culinary year was certainly McDonalds, the fast food chain that left the country in…
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The Post-Mac Burger
The whole world watched and the whole of Iceland cheered when McDonalds left the country—a lovely showcase of the nation’s…
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Absolutely Fabulous
Regarded as one of the best restaurants in town, VOX serves New Nordic Food, a modern take on Nordic ingredients…
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Santa’s Best Helper
Going home from Iceland for Christmas? Visiting Iceland over the holidays and looking for presents to bring home? Worry no…
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Stuffing the Stuffing
Grapevine’s Sari Peltonen tucks into the Icelandic Christmas tradition of Christmas Buffet. Rule one: Stuff yourself silly. Around us, there…
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Food for Thought
Garðurinn (‘Ecstasy’s Heart Garden’) is a small family run vegetarian restaurant, calm and serene enough to make even our conversation…
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Kitchen Sessions
Established by Valgeir Sigurðsson in 2006, with luminaries Ben Frost and Nico Muhly, the Bedroom Community record label is currently…
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Lost in Tapas
The only one of its kind in town, Tapasbarinn serves up a gigantic menu of around 60 different tapas, from…
True Blood
Opened in 1989, Argentina is one of the best restaurants in town, known as the place to go for your…
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Passion For The Bean
Kaffismiðja Íslands is Reykjavík’s Mecca for coffee enthusiasts. September 16–19, they will be bringing home the cream of the international…
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The Flying Italian
Volare serves easygoing, affordable Italian in a backyard house off the main street Laugavegur. Opened a couple of months ago,…
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Fishy Business
A couple of months after opening, The Fish Company caters its fusion kitchen to full cellars (reserve ahead). Despite the…
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Vegetarian Volvo
Á næstu Grösum was the first vegetarian restaurant in town. It is now well into its second decade and has…
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Hearty Affair
Kryddlegin Hjörtu Skúlagata 17 What we think: Healthier stuffing for low cost Flavour: Hearty, fresh Ambiance: Highway-feng shui Service: friendly…
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Raw in Reykjavík
What? Raw food is a diet consisting of foods that have not been heated over 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees…
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Íslenski barinn
Opened earlier this year, Íslenski Barinn (The Icelandic bar) is a mid-range restaurant serving Icelandic food, bistro style. With a…
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Sushi Showdown
by Sari Peltonen and Simon Barker
DOMO, Þingholtsstræti 5 (www.domo.is) What we think: Upscale sushi dinner with wonderful service Flavour: Western Ambiance: Black jackets, modern decor…
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Open Sesame
Opened in May, Ali Baba has quickly gathered a reputation as the good new kebab place. The Middle-Eastern menu is…
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Market Woes
Opened in 2007, Fishmarket has already collected a Conde Nast Hot table listing, a Food and Wine Go list mention…
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Búllan
Hamburgers may not be traditional Icelandic fare, but when it comes down to it, it is no surprise that the…