FET-FISK restaurant + bar
Restaurant · Bloomfield ·
Upscale eatery showcasing unique dishes like whole grilled branzino
Upscale eatery showcasing unique dishes like whole grilled branzino
"“Live-fire cooking meets cabbage at Fet-Fisk in Pittsburgh, a BA Best New Restaurant honoree.”" - ByAndrea Strong
"Strolling Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, I find a single-story tile-and-brick corner spot that houses a Nordic-meets-Appalachian restaurant helmed by chef and co-owner Nik Forsberg, whose inked arms and affable gruffness could pass for a DIY punk frontman. His meticulous approach is evident in every dish — as Jennifer Choi notes, each element takes days to create via processes he honed during years of sold-out pop-ups — and the restaurant, which opened in March 2024, has already earned multiple James Beard nominations and a spot on the 2025 Best New Restaurants list. The menu showcases house-made items like farmer’s cheese and grilled cabbage Caesars, and the whole project grew from Forsberg and partner Sarah LaPonte’s pop-up beginnings in 2019, delayed by COVID but now a major part of Pittsburgh’s evolving food scene." - ByWilder Davies
"Pittsburgh may be a pierogi town, but the savory farmer’s-cheese dumpling here belongs to its own category of doughy delight: a single, XXL spoon-tender mound arrives adrift in a delicate fermented chili broth, inspired by the steamed Hungarian túró dumpling and produced only when the laborious fresh cheesemaking allows. Because the accompaniments change with what’s on hand, I advise tacking it on when it appears and pairing it with a glass from the restaurant’s intriguing curated wine list while seated in the wood-paneled bar room beneath the vampish red lamplight." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
"I found Fet-Fisk to be a moody, Nordic-ish counterpoint in Pittsburgh’s Little Italy where bar-side diversity is part of the charm: kicky pickled mackerel with shaved cabbage and smoky beets under red lamplight, or a whole branzino cloaked in a craggy breadcrumb crust with a generous goblet of dulse butter—Nik Forsberg’s meticulous, time-intensive processes (gravlax, farmer’s cheese, botanicals-infused aquavit) make the newcomer already feel like a reanimated, beloved institution." - ByThe Bon Appétit Staff
"Fet Fisk, Pittsburgh’s buzziest new opening of 2024, debuted in March in a former Italian restaurant space in Bloomfield. Nik Forsberg, who landed a 2023 James Beard award semifinalist nod while operating Fet Fisk as a pop-up, helms the kitchen, offering a seasonal, Scandinavian-influenced lineup of dishes like pickled mackerel with smoked beets and seafood salad. The juicy roasted chicken with lingonberry sauce is a must." - Melissa McCart