Scan Magazine | Restaurant of the Month | Norway
Restaurant of the Month, Norway
The neighbourhood restaurant with city-wide reach In the heart of the buzzing area of Tøyen in Oslo, popular neighbourhood restaurant Grådi has become one of the most popular new hotspots in the Norwegian capital. With its fusion menu, location and innovative take on familiar dishes, Grådi invites people to visit, enjoy, and be a little more greedy. By Alyssa Nilsen | Photos: Natalia Tunheim
Grådi opened its doors two years ago, in January of 2017, after a year of development and concept building. It was set up after its founders, Julia Holmboe and Natalia Tunheim, found a commercial space on Facebook, and in the spur of the moment decided to start a restaurant. Neither had any previous experience 84 | Issue 120 | January 2019
of founding restaurants, but they had previously worked together for years at Delicatessen tapas bar, founded by Øystein Gjerde. He became their mentor and role model in terms of how to run a restaurant with the people, the team and the community as the centre point. “We both had a wish of keeping
Grådi founders Natalia Tunheim (left) and Julia Holmboe and their team are the heart and soul of Grådi.