Tranan on Karlbergavaegen 14 operates as both pub and restaurant in Stockholm's northern Vasastan neighbourhood, near Hotel Oden. The venue has the character of a proper local - the kind of place where regulars settle in for the evening, conversation flows freely, and the food is designed to accompany a good drink rather than compete with it. The kitchen serves hearty, filling Swedish food at prices that are reasonable by Stockholm's standards. Lunch brings generous plates of the kind of food that working people actually eat - pork chops, fresh vegetables, bread, butter, and coffee. Evening service offers more composed dishes while maintaining the same honest approach: plank steak, salmon schnitzel, and a ragout of fish and shellfish are representative of a menu that values substance over presentation. The pub side of the operation is equally important to Tranan's identity. English pints, darts, and the general atmosphere of a neighbourhood drinking establishment give it a social dimension that many restaurants lack. It is the rare venue that functions equally well as a place to eat a proper meal and as a place to spend an evening over drinks with good company. Tranan does not try to be anything other than what it is - an honest local pub and restaurant - and that simplicity is precisely what makes it work.

Type: Restaurant

Address: Karlbergsvagen 14, Stockholm, Sweden

Telephone: 46 8 527 281 00

Website: http://www.tranan.se/

Open Days: Monday to Sunday