Knystaforsen

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"Owners Eva and Nicolai Tram turned a derelict 1870s sawmill in Rydöbruk, in the Halland backwoods, into a Michelin-starred restaurant. They made it their home too, living upstairs with their two sons. At Knystaforsen, opened in November 2020, the kitchen team cooks all the food on the open fire outside the restaurant. Most ingredients are local, including fish from nearby lake Bolmen and game like pheasant, duck, and fallow deer. All the beverage pairings on the multicourse menu (which can stretch past 15 dishes) are Swedish, including wine, mead, cider, and innovative nonalcoholic alternatives made in-house from local herbs, fruits, berries, and weeds. Rydöbruk is a brukssamhälle, or company town, a small community where everything is owned and operated by a single business, including sister pizzeria Knystaria and a manor where guests can stay the night." - Per Styregård