The 38 Essential Stockholm Restaurants

"Subtitled “a Swedish version of an Italian brasserie,” Taverna Brillo takes up some 18,000 square feet on a corner close to the busy shopping and restaurant district of Stureplan. The space is divided into several sections, each with a different atmosphere. There is a busy dining room, a bistro and coffee house, a pizzeria with a huge wood-fired oven, an ice cream bar, a cocktail bar, and an indoor lunch garden. The menu is distinctly Italian with Swedish influences, with dishes like ragu of Swedish dorper lamb, mushroom risotto with Västerbotten cheese, pizza with vendace roe and Swedish präst cheese, and graffe (Italian donuts) with salted caramel ice cream and melted milk chocolate. [$$$]" - Per Styregård