Løvetann Café & Bistro

Joanna runs Løvetann out of a Nordnes side street a short walk from the aquarium and the park, building the bistro's whole kitchen around organic, locally sourced produce and a menu that leans vegetarian and vegan without making a show of it. Regulars single out her hospitality as much as the food, the kind of place where a coffee order tends to come with a few honest tips on what else to do in the city.

Homemade kombucha sits alongside the coffee program, and dogs are welcome throughout the room, fitting for a quiet residential corner of Nordnes that stays well clear of the harbor's tourist traffic. Long hours across the whole week make it as workable for a late dinner as an afternoon coffee.