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with a cucumber salad.
Frikadeller
(meatballs) are a filling and tasty pleasure, or
you may prefer a succulent chateaubriand if you have a more demanding palate
and a full wallet.
Charging less, Victorianhjørnet (Victorian Corner) one floor above, is a pub,
pizzeria, and steakhouse. It provides good food in far less formal surroundings.
In the Rica Victorian Hotel, Storgata 84B.
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61-25-00-49.
Reservations recommended. Main courses
195NOK-300NOK ($28-$43). AE, DC, MC, V. Daily 11am-2pm and 3-11pm.
MODERATE
Egon
NORWEGIAN/INTERNATIONAL Housed in an grinding
mill from 1863, and connected to the Molla Hotel (which lies immediately next
door) by a covered passageway, this restaurant offers three floors of seating, lots
of cozy nooks and crannies, big-windowed views from every floor of a river, and
a lingering memory of then First Lady Hilary Clinton, who came here for food
and drink during the 1994 winter Olympics. There's outdoor seating in sum-
mer, and a worthy collection of rustic country antiques and mill implements
hanging from the ceiling beams and rafters. Patrons order their food from the
counter near the entrance (which happens to be on the restaurant's uppermost—
third—floor). Subsequent to that, a waitstaff will carry your order, when it's
ready, to wherever you happen to be sitting on any of three cozy floors. Mem-
bers of the waitstaff are strategically scattered throughout all levels of the dining
room to fetch additional food orders throughout the course of your meal.
Menu options involve access to a set-price salad and pizza buffet, a children's
menu comprised of simple burgers, franks, and pastas, and an a la carte menu
for adults. Specialties include a “black and white” platter that's composed of
filets of veal and filet mignon, served with béarnaise sauce; rack of Norwegian
lamb; and some rather banal, diet-conscious fish dishes such as baked salmon
with broccoli and a lemon-flavored white wine sauce.
In the Molla Hotel, Elvegata 12.
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61-25-23-40
. Reservations recommended. Main courses 165-239NOK
($23-$34); Children's menu main courses 45-57NOK ($6.40-$8.10); Unlimited access to pizza and salad buf-
fet 95NOK ($13). AE, DC, MC, V. Mon-Sat 11am-11pm; Sun noon-11pm.
INEXPENSIVE
Svare & Berg
NORWEGIAN/MEXICAN A popular bar with a fireplace for
evening drinkers, this is also a first-rate restaurant in a traditional setting. It's
cozy and casual, and the food is good. The two most popular—justifiably so—
main courses are the filet of reindeer and the sautéed salmon served with a
white-wine sauce. For a change of pace, order the Mexican fajitas with beef or
chicken. The crepes with berries “from the woods,” served with ice cream, is a
summer delight.
Sharing the same kitchen is
Nikkers,
a bar/restaurant with a lighter menu. It
offers live music on Friday and Saturday nights and is open Monday to Satur-
day 11am to 2am and Sunday 1pm to midnight.
Storgata 83.
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61-24-74-30.
Reservations recommended. Main courses 98NOK-170NOK ($14-$24). AE,
DC, MC, V. Mon-Thurs 4pm-midnight; Fri-Sat 4pm-2am; Sun 4-9pm.
Vertshuset Solveig
NORWEGIAN/INTERNATIONAL This tradi-
tional restaurant is housed in a timbered farmhouse from 1835 that is one of the
oldest in Lillehammer. In the middle of the town, it often attracts as many as
150 hungry diners at one time and it manages to feed them all well. The place
is informal, with a rustic interior. Reasonable prices and good food await you
here, presented in an old-fashioned ambience with such artifacts as hanging
brass pots. Appetizers rarely appear on the menu, but the main courses are so big
Kids
