Scan Magazine | Special Theme | A Taste of Denmark
The Fat Pike serves generous portions of fresh seafood from the Danish waters.
No-fuss seafood in memorable settings Set in a warehouse from the early 20th Century, the restaurant The Fat Pike combines a laidback atmosphere with tasty and inspiring seafood dishes. The nofuss restaurant is located just a mile from Copenhagen City Hall.
our guests feeling happy and at ease,” Klitbo says.
By Signe Hansen | Photos: The Fat Pike
As the founder of Cofoco, a restaurant franchise which, when Klitbo sold the company, consisted of around 20 restaurants, Klitbo is known in all of Copenhagen as ‘Mr Value for Money’. With restaurants such as Höst and Llama, both famous for their spectacular interior design and affordable, high-quality food, amongst his previous successes, Klitbo’s aim has always been to make memorable dining experiences accessible for everybody; The Fat Pike is no exception.
The neon sign on the rough walls outside The Fat Pike welcomes guests into a seafood restaurant that is anything but traditional. Once a warehouse for the supermarket chain Coop, the restaurant building used to contain a myriad of goods – from Kenyan coffee to classic Danish design furniture. The coffee and the Danish furniture are still present but in a very different setting. Established and owned by Torben Klitbo, the founder of Cofoco, The Fat Pike was 64 | Issue 116 | September 2018
created in March 2018, with an ambition to present all the best of Danish seafood in a simple, honest and inspiring way. In short, Klitbo wanted his latest restaurant to put an end to the idea that fish and seafood are equal to small portions, starched napkins and highbrow waiters. “Our approach to seafood is very unpretentious and genuine. We don’t care too much about the etiquette. What we really care about is the freshness of our food – and of course, we care about
‘Mr Value for Money’
Though The Fat Pike’s kitchen is based on Nordic ingredients and philoso-