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.
Signature: Four-course Nordic tasting, Daily fish
Order: The $275 four-course menu; the kitchen rotates with the season.
Tip: Open 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.
Signature: Brisket, Pulled pork, Beef ribs
Order: A half-pound of brisket with pickles, plus a pint of the house lager from the on-site brewery.
Tip: Walk-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.
Signature: Four-course Nordic tasting, Daily fish
Order: The $275 four-course menu; the kitchen rotates with the season.
Tip: Open 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.
Tip: Thursday 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.
Tip: Open 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.
Tip: Three 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.
Tip: Lift 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.
Tip: Open 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.
Tip: Ring 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.
Tip: Walk through the courtyard gate; the whisky lounge upstairs runs Friday and Saturday only and takes the brown-spirit drinkers off the cocktail floor.
Vela on Viktoriagade runs as Copenhagen's reference lesbian bar and nightclub, a Vesterbro institution with dimly lit booths, poetry and speed-dating nights through the week and a packed weekend dance floor.
Tip: Wednesday and Thursday lean to events and reading nights; Friday and Saturday are dance nights from 22:00. Cash plus card.