We’re unabashed followers of Danish chef Rene Redzepi (for proof, see Chef’s Own Kitchen, Secrets to a Well-Ordered Home, and Agern Restaurant).
Photography by Line Klein, courtesy of Barr.
Schmidt spent most of his career running the fine-dining Malling & Schmidt restaurant in Aarhus, Denmark, but found himself yearning for simple food made with the same local, high-quality ingredients for which he and Redzepi are both known.
Barr was redesigned by famed Norwegian architects Snøhetta.
When Noma closed last year, Redzepi held an Auction to offload the Wegner and Møller chairs, Würtz ceramics, and Wahl & Ross wooden spoons that served diners through the restaurant’s 14-year tenure.
The leather and oak chairs are by Danish designer Finn Juhl.
Most of the furniture and all of the built-ins are custom, designed and fabricated using traditional techniques by cabinetmaker Malte Gormsen.
Most of the oak wood used at Barr is from trees grown less than 30 miles from the restaurant.
Noma had (and still has, in the new space) 40 seats in the dining room; Barr accommodates 60 diners in the main room and another 30 in the bar.
A bar attached to the main dining room serves the full restaurant menu alongside wine, cocktails, and 22 beers on tap.
Sourdough pancakes with elderflower, mussel sauce, citrus, and caviar.
A wooden “door” is propped against the exterior, where the original Noma sign used to hang.