Reykjavík Grapevine - mar. 2020, Side 18

A Productive
Drinkin! Session
Things you can do while drunk, ft. Jerry Seinfeld
Words: Valur Grettisson Photo: Íris Dögg Einarsdóttir
Feel like getting drunk “just be-
cause” is not a good enough reason
any more? My, my, someone’s a fan-
cy drinker. But we understand. We
get you. You are not alone. To help
you out, our drinking department
spent an entire month drunk to de-
termine what activities you can do
to avoid looking like an alcoholic,
just a cool guy.
Party Bingo @ Sæta Svíni"
Hafnarstræti 1-3
Sæta Svíni! is not only a fine gas-
tropub, but it’s also home to some
surprisingly rowdy weekly events.
Our favourite is Sigga Kling’s
weekly Sunday Party Bingo. There,
the only open sorceress of Ice-
land—don’t worry, we only burn
warlocks—draws balls for some
prizes that include everything from
gift cards to various restaurants
around Reykjavík to... insole con-
sultations. If numbers aren’t your
thing, she also determines winners
by things like moaning competi-
tions and random talent battles.
So practice your yodeling and, uh,
moaning.
Darts/Pool @ Papaku
Reykjavík
Klapparstígur 38
Ever fancied throwing sharp things
around while drunk? Who hasn’t?
Lucky for you, Papaku Reykjavík
now offers complimentary darts to
its drinkers, as well as a pool table
to knock heavy things around on.
Both are great activities for those
competitive drunks; ones that will
no doubt cause less ego death than
the usual arm wrestling, which in-
evitably always leads to Kyle punch-
ing a wall. Just please, don’t con-
fuse the noble sport of darts with
lawn darts—that’s just flat out
dangerous.
Karaoke @ Gaukurinn
Tryggvagata 22
Some people like to hijack air-
planes. Others like to hijack clubs
with their mediocre vocal skills.
Gaukurinn is basically the hijacked
airplane of karaoke, where every
Tuesday, you can jump piss drunk
onto the stage and scream out your
favourite Taylor Swift song (“You
Belong With Me,” obviously) in
front of a massive crowd of people
pretending to like it. So just go for
it. No one will laugh at you. We
promise.
Quizzes & Wine @ Röntgen
Hverfisgata 12
So, you’re one of those “intellectu-
al” hipsters that likes Seinfeld more
than Friends. Whatever. Nobody
cares. That said, Röntgen recently
hosted Reykjavík’s annual Seinfeld
pub quiz, and it got pretty competi-
tive, so we’ll stop being a Soup Nazi
and admit that drinking a lot while
arguing about semantics with your
friends for more beer is fun. Check
Röntgen’s Facebook for upcoming
quizzes. On another note, the bar
also hosts natural wine presenta-
tions every Tuesday, where you can
taste and learn about the hottest
vino on the market. The last one is
not a quote from Seinfeld, by the
way.
Drag Game Night @
Fjallkonan
Hafnarstræti 1-3
Drag Queen Gógó Starr is a sassy,
classy, and a bit gassy performer
who just started holding Tuesday
Drag Game Nights upstairs at Fjall-
konan. Show up, sit down, and en-
joy a few cocktails while you wow
your friends with your dildo golf
skills, decimate a lip sync for your
life battle, or just answer inane
questions about drag for klout.
Prizes include gift cards, makeup,
skincare products, butt plugs, and
vibrators. We’re not joking. Expand
your mind.
Wing Binge @ BrewDog
Frakkastígur 8
Let’s stop pretending that this ac-
tivity thing is anything else other
than a lame excuse to drink your
beer. So here you go: an honest
excuse. The Reykjavík outpost of
BrewDog has excellent all-you-can-
eat buffalo chicken wings or cauli-
flower wings on Wednesdays—and
everyone knows you can’t eat wings
without beer. Look, if you think
we’re in the grey area of activities
here, just challenge your buddy to
an eating contest and call it a tour-
nament. We don’t care, we just like
binge eating. And remember what
Seinfeld said: Women don’t respect
salad eaters.
BEST OF REYKJAVÍK
Best Burger
Joint winners:
Le Kock
Tryggvagata 14
O burgers, glorious burgers! If
there were a national dish, burg-
ers would be it for Iceland. And
at Le Kock, their irreverence is
thankfully a social media strat-
egy only. When it comes to the
food, it is still the ‘gourmet tuck
shop’ the founders envisioned.
The potato roll game is strong
and holds up despite their re-
cent defeat at the hands of the
sauce puddle muddle (a beast so
savage, hardly a burger in town
hasn’t succumbed. Grab those
extra napkins, you’ll need them.
Better yet, ask for just a smidgen
of sauce). Singed with smoke and
magic, a classic cheeseburger is
still the top dog here.
Hamborgarabúlla
Tómasar
Multiple locations
An oldie but a goodie, Búllan
slings a solid burger that seals
Iceland’s reputation as a worthy
burger destination. With mul-
tiple locations you are always
close to one. A lil’ birdie on our
panel whispers that, ‘the Tom-
mi-owned Höf!i location is ex-
cellent with kids’, and another
swore by the Geirsgata location
for the ‘Steak Burger’. Also worth
trying are the Tuesday 1190 ISK
deals.
Newcomer:
Yuzu
Hverfisgata 44
The citrus fruit extract might
be a tad too pronounced in
their mayo, but the steamed
bread burgers at Yuzu have got
everyone at the Grapevine of-
fices converted. They arrive in
a cane steamer and it's best to
make quick work of the delicious
treats, easy if you’ve got the Kim-
chi burger.
18The Reykjavík Grapevine
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