Ekebergrestauranten

Coordinates: 59°53′57.138″N 10°45′42.037″E / 59.89920500°N 10.76167694°E / 59.89920500; 10.76167694

Ekebergrestauranten
Ekebergrestauranten at Ekeberg.
Restaurant information
Established 1929, extensively restored 2005
Current owner(s) Christian Ringnes
Food type Norwegian cuisine
Street address 59°53′57.138″N 10°45′42.037″E / 59.89920500°N 10.76167694°E / 59.89920500; 10.76167694
Kongsveien 15
Ekeberg
City Oslo
Postal/ZIP Code N-0193
Country Norway
Reservations on the website below
Website www.ekebergrestauranten.com/english

Ekebergrestauranten is a restaurant and banquet facilities in a hillside overlooking downtown Oslo, Norway. Ekebergparken Sculpture Park is the nearest neighbor. The restaurant has since 2005 been owned by Christian Ringnes.

The Functionalist building was first completed in 1929, drawn by architect Lars Backer. The restaurant is built with flat roofs, large windows, a terrace and an arched entrance in a corner tower. The architect emphasized the maximum number of window seats.[1]

The building was once one of the city's most popular dancing restaurants, but in the 1980s the building decayed increasingly and was closed in 1997. The restaurant has since undergone an extensive restoration and reopened in March 2005. The interior of the new Ekebergrestauranten was designed by Thomas Ness.[2][3]

The à la carte restaurant on the ground floor serves seasonal menu made from fresh ingredients. There is a banquet hall on the second floor with room for 170 people for dinner and two rooms suitable for smaller events. The terrace has about 300 chairs in the summer months.[4]

The entrance to the restaurant.

The menu includes vegetarian-, meat- and traditional Norwegian fish dishes.[5]

Ekebergrestauranten is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage and protected by law.[6]

Ekebergrestauranten's location in the hillside
Ekebergrestauranten as a postcard motif in the 1950s

References

  1. ↑ Arne Gunnarsjaa: Norges arkitekturhistorie. Oslo, Abstrakt, 2006, page 385. (in Norwegian) ISBN 82-7935-127-2
  2. ↑ E24: Ekebergrestauranten (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Ekebergrestauranten opp av asken NE nyheter (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Ekebergrestauranten www.visitnorway.com (in English)
  5. ↑ Meny Ekebergsrestauranten's website (in Norwegian)
  6. ↑ Ekebergrestauranten Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
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