Author: Sari Peltonen
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….
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…
Við Djúpið, Fortissimo!
A fishing community of 2,600 inhabitants may seem an unlikely hub for music, but as it turns out, the inhabitants…
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…
Farewell to Forks
The cover girl of the Icelandic culinary year was certainly McDonalds, the fast food chain that left the country in…
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…
Absolutely Fabulous
Regarded as one of the best restaurants in town, VOX serves New Nordic Food, a modern take on Nordic ingredients…
Santa’s Best Helper
Going home from Iceland for Christmas? Visiting Iceland over the holidays and looking for presents to bring home? Worry no…
Stuffing the Stuffing
Grapevine’s Sari Peltonen tucks into the Icelandic Christmas tradition of Christmas Buffet. Rule one: Stuff yourself silly. Around us, there…
Food for Thought
Garðurinn (‘Ecstasy’s Heart Garden’) is a small family run vegetarian restaurant, calm and serene enough to make even our conversation…
Kitchen Sessions
Established by Valgeir Sigurðsson in 2006, with luminaries Ben Frost and Nico Muhly, the Bedroom Community record label is currently…
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…
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…
The Flying Italian
Volare serves easygoing, affordable Italian in a backyard house off the main street Laugavegur. Opened a couple of months ago,…
Fishy Business
A couple of months after opening, The Fish Company caters its fusion kitchen to full cellars (reserve ahead). Despite the…
Vegetarian Volvo
Á næstu Grösum was the first vegetarian restaurant in town. It is now well into its second decade and has…
Hearty Affair
Kryddlegin Hjörtu Skúlagata 17 What we think: Healthier stuffing for low cost Flavour: Hearty, fresh Ambiance: Highway-feng shui Service: friendly…
Raw in Reykjavík
What? Raw food is a diet consisting of foods that have not been heated over 46 degrees Celsius (115 degrees…
Íslenski barinn
Opened earlier this year, Íslenski Barinn (The Icelandic bar) is a mid-range restaurant serving Icelandic food, bistro style. With a…
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…
Open Sesame
Opened in May, Ali Baba has quickly gathered a reputation as the good new kebab place. The Middle-Eastern menu is…
Market Woes
Opened in 2007, Fishmarket has already collected a Conde Nast Hot table listing, a Food and Wine Go list mention…
Búllan
Hamburgers may not be traditional Icelandic fare, but when it comes down to it, it is no surprise that the…