Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.07.2018, Page 22

The Reykjavík Grapevine
Best of Reykjavík 2018
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FD FOR YOUR SOUL – MADE FROM SCRATCH WITH LOCAL INGREDIENTS
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OPENING HOURS
SUN - THU 11:30 - 22:00
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LOCAL
FOOD AND BEER
Tasty and fun food made with fresh and local Icelandic ingredients.
We oer a unique selection of Icelandic beer– 20 bottled,
10 on draft, and artisan cocktails to enjoy alongside the food.
Drop by for lunch, late lunch, dinner or drinks
in a casual and fun atmosphere.
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Hafnarstræti 1–3 / Tel. 555 2900 / saetasvinid.isOpen 11:30–23:30
“The ‘Hangover Killer’ includes a shake that
contains both coffee and Jack Daniels.”
DINING GUIDE
The Breakfast
Club
Reykjavík’s best spots for an early morning
snack or a decadent brunch
Words: Phil Uwe Widiger, John Rogers & Hannah Jane Cohen
Photos: Art Bicnick, Alisa Kalyanova
It’s 7am on a Saturday morning.
You’re up early, or maybe you’ve
just arrived in Reykjavík, and
you’re walking down Laugavegur
amidst the detritus of last night,
complete with a few post-party
zombies that haven’t gone to bed
yet. But you don’t care about all
that—you’re hungry. Very hungry.
Everything looks closed, but don’t
worry—we at the Grapevine have
your back. Here’s a list that’ll guar-
antee your survival until lunch.
Early openers
One of the biggest Icelandic cof-
feehouse chains Kaffitár opens
on Bankastræti at 7am every day,
and will treat you to bacon and
egg sandwiches, hummus and
cream cheese toasts, and sweet
satisfiers like croissants and cin-
namon buns. Oh, and they have
great coffee, too. If you’ve just
arrived in Iceland, and had your
pre-flight coffee at a Starbucks,
maybe you wanna try something
else. Go to Bergsson at Tem-
plarasund—they open at 7am and
serve a wholesome breakfast of
salad, fruit, eggs and bread until
11am. If you’re after something
more substantial like a classic En-
glish fry-up or US-style bacon and
pancakes, try the cosy basement
joint Grái Kötturinn on Hverfisga-
ta, open from 7.30am—2pm daily.

All-day breakfast
Whether you’re carbo-loading be-
fore a marathon or carbo-loading
after partying, Prikið’s breakfast
kills it. With big portions and a
homely vibe, you can get every-
thing from pancakes to an English
breakfast at this local hotspot.
Our pick? The ‘Breakfast of Cham-
pions,’ with eggs, bacon, orang-
es, skyr and camembert, or the
‘Hangover Killer,’ which includes a
massive sandwich and a hangover
shake that contains both coffee
and Jack Daniels.

Fancy brunch
Reykjavík has a few brunch plac-
es that are guaranteed to make
you go “yummy yummy in my
tummy.” Café Paris on Austur-
stræti is top of the list, with its
near-perfect eggs Florentine, top-
notch fried chicken with waffles,
and a hulking stack of pancakes
with maple syrup. Yep, we know,
you’re drooling now. Hverfisgata
12 is also a good option, serving
a brunch menu all week that in-
cludes eggs how you want them,
Korean chicken, savoury porridge
and breakfast pizzas. For a conti-
nental-style cooked breakfast, try
Snaps on Þórsgata, which serves
omelettes, eggs benedict, and cro-
que-monsieur (pssst, they serve a
great bloody mary, too).

Vegan option
It’s a new day—why not start it
cruelty-free? Kaffi Vínyl on Hver-
fisgata serves hands down the best
vegan breakfast in town. Whether
you’re craving melt in your mouth
croissants, toast with avoca-
do and cashew cream cheese, or
sweet cupcakes that make your
taste buds tingle: they’ve got you
covered. Vínyl opens at 10am on
weekdays, and 11am on weekends.
Newcomer
Egill Jacobsen is located on Aus-
turstræti, in the spot where the
late and lamented Laundromat
Café used to be. They opened very
recently, not that you’d be able
to tell from the great food. They
serve breakfast and brunch from
8am-4pm every day, including a
customisable (choose four ingre-
dients) breakfast, fresh juices, a
breakfast burrito, a breakfast for
champions, oatmeals, yoghurt,
pancakes…you catch our drift.
Breakfast at Egill Jacobsen