Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.09.2012, Blaðsíða 48

A GUIDE
THAT FUCKS
YOU UP
101 Hótel
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
50 percent off all drinks.
Austur
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 18:00 to
00:00. Beer 495 ISK and wine 550 ISK.
B5
Every day from 16:00 to 22:00,
beer and wine for 550 ISK.
Bakkus
Every day from 19:00 to 21:00.
Beer 500 ISK and wine 600 ISK.
Bjarni Fel
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
2 for 1 beer for 890 ISK.
Boston
Every day from 16:00 to 20:00,
Beer 500 ISK and wine 500 ISK.
Celtic Cross
Weekdays from 17:00 to 20:00,
2 for 1 beer for 800 ISK.
Den Danske Kro
Every day from 16:00 to 19:00,
2 for 1 beer for 850 ISK and wine for 950 ISK.
Dillon
Every day from 16:00 to 20:00,
2 for 1 beer for 850 ISK.
Dolly
Every day from 16:00 to 20:00.
Beer 500 ISK and wine 700 ISK.
Dubliner
Weekdays from 11:30 to 19:00,
2 for 1 beer for 800 ISK.
Esja
Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 17:00 to
19:00, all drinks 50% off, beer for 600 ISK and
wine for 40% off
Faktorý
Every day from 15:00 to 20:00.
Beer 500 ISK.
Hemmi og Valdi
Every day from 12:00 to 20:00
draft beer for 550 ISK.
Hilton Hotel Bar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
2 for 1 beer for 950 ISK and wine for 1150 ISK.
Hótel 1919
Every day from 17:00 to 20:00,
2 for 1 beer for 850 ISK and wine for 1290
ISK.
Hótel Holt Gallery Bar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
beer for 475 ISK, wine for 575 ISK,
champagne and cocktails half off.
Hótel Plaza Bar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
beer for 500 ISK.
Kaffi Zimsen
Every day from 16:00 to 20:00,
large beer and shot for 500 ISK.
Kolabrautin
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
Beer for 450 ISK, wine for 525 ISK.
Lebowski Bar
Every day from 16:00 to 19:00,
2 for 1 beer for 850 ISK and wine for 900 ISK.
Micro Bar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
500 ISK for a draft beer.
Miðgarður Bistro bar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00.
50 percent off all drinks.
Obladi Oblada
Beer 500 ISK,
Jakob Steiner Schnapps 500 ISK
Prikið
Weekdays from 16:00 to 20:00,
2 for 1 beer for 690 ISK.
Slippbarinn
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
50% off beer and wine.
Stofan
Every day from 17:00 to 20:00,
beer for 500 ISK and wine for 600 ISK.
Uppsalir - Bar & Café
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00.
50% off all drinks.
Þingholtsbar
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00.
All drinks are half off: beer for 400 ISK,
wine for 550 ISK.
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Every year around the beginning of July, we make a BEST OF REYKJAVÍK ISSUE celebrating some
of what makes Reykjavík-life worthwhile, posting some good entries into a hopefully neverending
discussion. The primary purpose of BEST OF REYKJAVÍK is celebration! It’s about big-upping stuff,
giving mad props to it and patting it on the shoulder. The following are some nice tips we culled
from BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2012, which you can find in full at www.grapevine.is
BEST INDIAN FOOD:
GHANDI
Judging by reader response, Austur-
Indíafjelagið still has it, still retaining
status as an INSTITUTION. Beyond
that, Reykjavík’s fledgling Indian food
scene seems lacking a major force to
challenge AI’s dominance of the field.
Last year’s winner Austurlandahraðles-
tin is still popular “basically serv-
ing food from Austur-Indíafjelagið’s
kitchen at a slightly reduced price,”
and Shalimar still serve “a proper cur-
ry” to many readers’ delight. Relative
newcomer Ghandi with its emphasis on
cuisine from India’s Kerala region takes
the cake this year, with the restaurant’s
fish dishes coming especially recom-
mended. As our food critic noted in
his review of the place earlier this year,
Ghandi adds a “delicious and welcome
variety to the Icelandic restaurant
flora,” and for that we are thankful.
BEST HABERDASHERY:
HERRAFATAVERZLUN KOR-
MÁKS & SKJALDAR
Located directly under Laugavegur’s
Bónus outlet, Herrafataverzlun Kor-
máks & Skjaldar is an enduring hipster
mall of a store, where discerning Reyk-
javík gentlemen go to get decked out
in proper Don Draper gear or disguised
as English lords out for a fox hunt.
Selling everything from shoes and
undergarments to suits and overcoats,
HK&S even host a proper barber in the
corner who gives a mean shave and/
or a haircut.
BEST PLACE TO SPEND
OUTDOOR TIME WITH KIDS:
THE LYNGHAGARÓLÓ PLAY-
GROUND
There are many public playgrounds
(“róló”) in Reykjavík—especially in the
older, more established neighbour-
hoods—and all of them bear a distinct
charm that reflects their surround-
ing areas and inhabitants (save for a
couple of really run down ones). They
usually feature any number of swing
sets, seesaws, slides and sandboxes
along with anything else the caretak-
ers can think of that will entertain the
local children. One such playground is
Lynghagaróló by Lynghagi in vestur-
bær. More than one of our advisors
insisted we mention them in this new-
fangled category, as it is “impeccably
maintained by a group of passionate
neighbours,” and is “the perfect place
to spend a sunny day with your kids
and other parents.”
Best Of Reykjavík