The old meatpacking district turned restaurant grid: Kødbyen's grills and tacos, the Sønder Boulevard wine bars, WarPigs barbecue and the cocktail rooms on Vesterbrogade.
Restaurant Cofoco on Abel Cathrines Gade in Vesterbro has run a value-priced four-course Nordic tasting since 2004, the original room behind the CofocoGroup.
OrderThe $275 four-course menu; the kitchen rotates with the season.
TipOpen daily from 17:30; one of the easier mid-priced bookings in the city.
WarPigs on Flæsketorvet in Vesterbro's Kødbyen runs a Texas-style smokehouse out of the old slaughterhouse, pouring 23 craft beers on tap brewed on site.
OrderA half-pound of brisket with pickles, plus a pint of the house lager from the on-site brewery.
TipWalk-in only; arrive by 18:00 weekends or expect a 45 minute queue.
Restaurant Cofoco on Abel Cathrines Gade in Vesterbro has run a value-priced four-course Nordic tasting since 2004, the original room behind the CofocoGroup.
OrderThe $275 four-course menu; the kitchen rotates with the season.
TipOpen daily from 17:30; one of the easier mid-priced bookings in the city.
BAGGEN, the former Bakken Kbh, anchors the Meatpacking District club row on Flæsketorvet, running house and tech-house across an indoor floor and a string-lit backyard that opens through the warmer months.
TipThursday THRST night pulls a local crowd; weekend doors after 23:00. The backyard is the easiest way in on a hot Friday.
Jolene runs in the Meatpacking District as a low-lit dive-meets-dance bar, programming house, dub and techno on weekends and occasional rock bills, with cheap pours and a queer-friendly door.
TipOpen Thursday and weekend nights only; cash plus card at the bar. The Friday and Saturday rooms hit their stride after 01:00.
VEGA on Enghavevej runs Copenhagen's reference mid-size concert programme in a 1956 functionalist hall by architect Vilhelm Lauritzen, with Store VEGA for major tours, Lille VEGA at 500 capacity and Ideal Bar Live.
TipThree rooms run different bills the same night; check which room your ticket names. Lille VEGA becomes Natklub after the show on weekends.
Sticks'n'Sushi runs a twelfth-floor skybar and rooftop terrace at Tivoli Hotel's Harbour Tower, with views across Copenhagen to the Zoo Tower and Malmö, and the chain's sushi and yakitori menu served alfresco.
TipLift to the 12th floor; the terrace runs through the warm months with table service. Sunset slots book up two weeks ahead.
Tramonto crowns the Hotel Ottilia in the old Carlsberg City with 360-degree views over the breweries, the harbour and Vesterbro, with an Italian kitchen serving classics and a cocktail list in the bar.
TipOpen year round, but the terrace is the move from May to September. Reservations recommended for dinner; bar walk-ins easier.
Curfew sits behind an antiquary-bookstore facade on Vesterbrogade, with a buzzer entry, a 30-seat counter and a list led by Humberto Saraiva Marques, the bartender behind World's 50 Best wins at previous rooms.
TipRing the bell at the bookshop facade; walk-ins welcome but Friday and Saturday seat by capacity. Closed all of July.
Lidkoeb opened in 2012 in a former pharmacy in a Vesterbrogade courtyard, run by Adeline and Rasmus Shepherd-Lomborg of Ruby; three floors stack a ground-floor pub, a cocktail bar and a whisky lounge under the eaves.
TipWalk through the courtyard gate; the whisky lounge upstairs runs Friday and Saturday only and takes the brown-spirit drinkers off the cocktail floor.
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