Restaurant Smör
Restaurant · Mikkil Bryggers Gade ·
Danish smørrebrød with generous toppings and fresh ingredients
Danish smørrebrød with generous toppings and fresh ingredients
"I found the East Village newcomer to be a small, bright spot with big windows and modern decor that could pass for a rest stop on a Scandinavian highway; they specialize in smørrebrød, the region’s open-face rye sandwiches. The most intriguing smørrebrød is the potato ($8), built with three or more small, skin-on spuds cooked to creaminess (they must be perfectly cooked or the sandwich would fail), flavored with tarragon and chives, lubricated by aioli, and given crunch by toasted rye crumbs. All together it’s a filling open-face sandwich and one of the most enthralling so far in my sandwich journey—carbophobes beware!" - Robert Sietsema
"About three months after Sebastian Perez and Sebastian Bangsgaard opened it, I found a very small, sunny Scandinavian sandwich shop on East 12th Street in the East Village whose furnishings are very Danish modern—comfortable, spare, and hard-edged. The menu concentrates on smørrebrod, those open-face assemblages built on a slice of rich, crumbly rye that almost doesn’t seem like bread, and naturally some feature smoked and pickled fish, with herring the clear queen. The chicken salad with bacon ($8) is a classic, heaped high with mayo-laced poultry and stacked with enough bacon, accented with shredded beets and a frond or two of purslane, that it feels more like a small lunch than a canapé. As with all the smørrebrod here, much attention is paid to artistic presentations, and figuring out how to eat them is half the fun. The menu also offers buckwheat noodles, yogurt and granola, pancakes, and — being in the East Village — both avocado toast and a kale bowl." - Robert Sietsema
"I noted a stand from the new East Village Nordic restaurant Smør in this year’s vendor lineup." - Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
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