Interview

We interviewed Per-Ola Berggren who works at Novisen. Novisen is a restaurant school with students from Westerlundska. Per-Ola is a teacher at the Westerlundska restaurant school Novisen in Enköping.

How do you think it goes for all the restaurants in Enköping? I don’t think it goes so well for them.

Have you owned a restaurant? Yes I have.

Do you enjoy working on Novisen? Yes I do, it’s fun to see the students develop.

On which restaurant would you like to work on if you got to decide? I would like to work in a hotel restaurant in Spain.

Which was the first restaurant you worked on? The first restaurant I worked on was the Hotell Anglais in Stockholm.

Do you think there is too much of one kind of restaurants in Enköping? Yes, I think it too much pizzerias in little Enköping.

Which one is your favorite restaurant? Sjömagasinet in Göteborg is my favorite restaurant. They serve seafood and it’s a more luxury restaurant.

Which one is the restaurant you dislike most in Enköping? I don’t like the pizzeria Ricos so much.

Where would you start a restaurant in Enköping and which sort of restaurant would you start? I would like to start a summer restaurant nearby Mälaren like Bredsand (Bredsand is a beach in Enköping).

How do you think a good restaurant should be? It should be high quality ingredients and great and knowledgeable people who work there.

Cafés in Enköping

Wendy’s coffee – Wendy’s  is placed in the Paus building and it is quite new. There you can both eat and drink a cup of coffee and the.  It is not the cheapest alternative, but they always serve good food. Here you can sit in nice couches and comfortable armchairs.

Tammerfors – Tammerfors is one of the oldest cafés in Enköping, and it is recently renovated after a bankrupt. It is located next to the demolished city hotel. They have a wide range of coffee.

Magnifik – At this café you can sit out in the sun and eat good tacos and macarons. This café is also situated in the centrum of the city, in Kungsgatan. They have recently done a makeover of the interior.

Fabian Flinks – Fabian Flinks is the smallest café in Enköping, there are only a few seats. You can buy newly baked bread or rolls there. The owner of the café has won awards for his delicious biscuits, some say the biscuits are unique and delicious.  

Tand Gredelin – When you enter Tant Gredelin it feels like you have traveled  back in time, because it has a sort of old-style and cozy atmosphere. Maybe it’s because it is placed in a very old house. Here you will find outdoor seating. Tant Gredelin was established 2006.