Nedre Løkka

Oslo, Norway

Nedre Løkka sits on Thorvald Meyers gate in lower Grünerløkka and builds its list from two places at once, the history of the neighborhood around it and New York, which the bar calls the home of the cocktail. The owners like the pairing because Grünerløkka's streets are straight and wide and put them in mind of the Manhattan grid. Guests order from a long cocktail menu or ask the bartenders to compose something to their own taste, and the room is built as much for a larger group meeting before dinner as for a quiet drink. The bar sits among the restaurants of the neighborhood and its owners set out to match their cocktails to what the kitchens nearby are doing. Cocktail courses, meeting rooms and a private event space run alongside the bar, and tables are booked online.