Hverfisgata 12, upstairs and behind the curtain
Hverfisgata 12 occupies the upstairs of a corner building on - obviously - Hverfisgata 12. The ground floor is a restaurant; the upstairs is a small natural-wine bar that doubles as a sourdough pizza place. The combination sounds aggressively trendy and in practice is one of the better hybrid rooms in the city: the pizzas are properly Neapolitan, the wine list is built from small-grower European producers (mostly French and Italian, with a small Austrian section), and the bar makes a short selection of cocktails for visitors who want something other than wine. The right way to think about Hverfisgata 12 is as a pairing room. Three of its standing pizza-pairing recommendations.
The bar's natural-wine list runs around 60 bottles, with a rotating by-the-glass selection of around 12. The cocktail list is short - eight drinks, all stirred or built - and exists primarily to keep non-wine-drinkers happy. The upstairs room seats around forty. Reservations are taken for the dining tables; the bar is walk-in. Arrive at 7pm if you want a seat at the bar, 9pm for the proper atmospheric version of the room.