Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.10.2012, Page 44

A GUIDE
THAT FUCKS
YOU UP
101 Hótel
Every day from 17:00 to 19:00,
50 percent off beer and wine.
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 PLACE TO GET
COCKTAILS: KOLABRAUTIN
Lebowski Bar might make 150 types of
White Russians, but like most bars in
Iceland, it is lacking a diverse cocktail
menu. People overwhelmingly go to
bars to drink beer after all. Hótel Marína,
Hótel 101 and Harpa’s Kolabrautin seem
to be the best places to get cocktails.
After some back and forth about this,
we decided that Kolabrautin should get
the award. Their lipstick pink cocktail,
the house cocktail, is to DIE FOR and
Harpa is just a really awesome building
to be inside. The bar doesn’t stay open
super late, but it’s a swanky place to get
a before dinner drink.
Runner-up: Hotel 101 (“It’s loaded with
people at happy hour. They know how
to make them.”)

BEST PLACE TO SHOP FOR
TOURISTY STUFF: GEYSIR
Downtown Reykjavík is starting to feel
like some sort of Disneyland puffin
mall, what with all the numerous new
stores that cater exclusively to tourists
in dire need of puffin or volcano related
souvenirs. It’s understandable, though,
because all you wonderful travellers
need to bring back items for your loved
ones and—who are we kidding—puffins
and volcanoes are the most interesting
things Iceland has going for it. Tourist
shops are necessary, and it is thus im-
portant to commend those that go an
ambitious route in serving up the cov-
eted trinkets and stuffed dolls.
All decked out in salvaged wood
and decorated with found photo-
graphs from Iceland’s past, Geysir on
Skólavörðustígur does a commendable
job of catering to tourists in a taste-
ful, yet quirky manner. Locally crafted
goods, lopi sweaters and everything
you’ll need to hike across the island can
all be found there—seek out Vík Prjóns-
dóttir’s playful line of woollen goods for
an example of current local design.
BEST ART MUSEUM: REYK-
JAVÍK ART MUSEUM
The Reykjavík Art Museum at Hafnar-
hús has had a great year, hosting some
intriguing and thought-provoking dis-
plays from premier league artists as
well as up-and-comers from the art-
world’s underbelly. The permanent ex-
hibit of Erró’s works is “mind-blowing,”
and by making themselves open and
available to the public by hosting vari-
ous parties and events, they ensure a
steady dialogue with the local commu-
nity. Add to that the constant lectures
and workshops on offer and you’ve got
yourself a pretty vibrant art museum.
Good work, Reykjavík Art Museum,
keep it up!

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