The Standard, Copenhagen

The Standard

The Standard is a combined jazz club and restaurant complex located on the Havnegade quay in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The building was constructed in 1937 to a design by Kristoffer Varming and was then known as Gammelholms Toldkammer. The southern part of the building was used as a custom house for goods to and from Sweden. The northern part of the building contained the waiting room, kiosk and ticket office of the Øresund Ferries.[1]

The building was later used by Vikingebådene, Centrumlinien and DSØ. The latter was a partnership between DSB and SJ.[2] The last ferry departed departed on 30 April 2002 and th company later moved its administration to Amerikakaj.

The building was acquired by Terence Conran and converted into a restaurant complex in 2005. It contained the Japanese restaurant Ebisu, Italian restaurant Bachio and Custom House Bar & Grill. It closed in 2014.

The Standard was opened by a group of investors consisting of Claus Meyer, Niels Lan Doky, Torsten Vildgaard, Søren Westh and Karam Sethi. The complex was redesigned with the assistance of GamFratesi and Christina Meyer Bengtsson & Ulrik Nordentoft. Verandah, a high-end Indian restaurant, closed in September 2016.[3]

Restaurants

The Standard viewed from the tower of Church of Our Savour

Studio serves New Danish cuisine with Torsten Vildgaard as head chef. It received its first Michelin star in 2015.[4] Almanak serves a more traditional but modernized version of Danish cuisine.

References

  1. ↑ "The Standard" (in Danish). aok. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Havnegade i Kbh og færgerne...." (in Danish). bjarneabel.blogspot.dk. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "En af Københavns bedste indiske restauranter lukker" (in Danish). aok. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Michelin-stjerne til Studio: »Vi forstår det ikke!«Standard" (in Danish). aok. Retrieved 0 October 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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