Pittsburgh Eatery Named One Of America's Best New Restaurants

PITTSBURGH, PA — Fet-Fisk on Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield, which debuted in March, has been named one of the nation's 14 best new restaurants by food website Eater. Fet-Fisk was the only Pennsylvania restaurant to make the list.

It's the second national accolade for the eatery, which in September was named one of the country's 50 best restaurants by The New York Times.

To compile its list, Eater staffers explore new restaurants throughout the year, paying for their own meals and not accepting comps or VIP treatment. Winners are evaluated on a range of factors including food, beverage, service, ambiance, culinary impact and national relevance.

Eater said the Fet-Fisk chef-owner Nik Forsberg "transformed a red sauce spot in working-class Bloomfield into what can only be described as a vibey basement party at grandma’s house.

"The bar is aglow in Lynchian red lights while, in the dining room, wine is served out of a vintage
wooden hutch. Artfully plated Scandi-modern dishes are served on flowery china and frilly placemats. These oxymoronic traits somehow harmonize perfectly inside Fet-Fisk, where nothing feels like a mishmash — especially not the menu, which leans Scandinavian in all its cured,
acidic glory."

Fet-Fisk started as a pop-up in 2019 and was so successful that Forsberg was a James Beard Award nominee last year even without a bricks-and-mortar location.