Two experienced Copenhagen restaurateurs will open a 240-seat restaurant called Casino, along with an Italian food market named Mercato, at Landemærket 8 in Indre By on September 1.
Mikkel Egelund and Morten Kaltoft are behind both venues, which share the same address in central Copenhagen. Avisen Danmark reports that the restaurant will seat 120 guests indoors, with room for another 120 in a covered atrium courtyard.
The address sits on Nina Bangs Plads, a square in the inner city. According to Berlingske, whose gastronomy writer Søren Frank first reported the plans, the square has until now been regarded as one of the dullest in Indre By.
Egelund told Berlingske that the menu at Casino will resemble what guests know from Resto Bar and Locale 21. The difference will be a larger selection of dishes. Egelund is also known from Pastis and Resto Bar, while Kaltoft has been behind Osteria 16 and Locale 21.
Restaurant and market at one address
The second part of the project is Mercato, a shop selling Italian specialties at the same address. Per Avisen Danmark, the assortment will include fresh vegetables that the two owners import themselves.
The Copenhagen site MigogKbh describes Casino as a large Italian restaurant and Mercato as an Italian market. The outlet notes that customers will be able to both dine on site and buy produce and specialties to take home. Both concepts are scheduled to open on the same day, September 1.
Part of a wave of openings
Berlingske reports that Casino and Mercato are not arriving alone. Four new restaurants are opening on Nina Bangs Plads within a short period, including Daphne and Phoebe. The paper writes that the previously quiet square is now going gastronomically amok.
MigogKbh notes that the September 1 opening follows the arrival of Daphne and Phoebe on the same square. Both outlets frame the cluster of openings as a transformation of the area around Landemærket 8 into a new dining destination. The area is a short walk from Nørreport station and Købmagergade, one of the main streets for shopping in Copenhagen.
Avisen Danmark’s article was written by Rebecca Veinø Johansen of Københavnliv and published on August 20. No official statements from the City of Copenhagen have been issued about the openings.
The three outlets that have covered the project so far agree on its central details. These include the location at Landemærket 8, the combined restaurant and market concept, the total capacity of 240 guests, and the opening date. For readers tracking new places to eat, the venues add to the options for where to eat in Copenhagen.
