The Scandinavian-inspired venue has closed just seven months into business
Northern Quarter bar and restaurant FIKA has closed down.
The Scandinavian-inspired venue, which opened just seven months ago, took over the spot formerly occupied by Bakerie on Lever Street, after it closed in March 2018.
Opened by Mark Whyte - the man behind nearby NQ venues Guilty by Association and Lost in Tokyo - FIKA took its name from the Swedish custom of a coffee and cake break and aimed to provide an 'inviting place for all' to share in 'coffee, specially selected beer, nibbles, wine and conversation'.
![Fika Interior](/uploads/imager/0858e5ec04118085711e0d3c430d9fbb/825609/65f6491458b410ab7e75aec83c04bd82.png)
Reviewing FIKA in November, Confidential's Lucy Tomlinson appreciated the 'Instagram-friendly interiors', but felt that the menu 'didn’t exactly scream Nordic', with dishes including Moroccan-spiced chicken flatbread, chicken supreme and pizza.
The origins of the term Fika are unknown, but one theory suggests that it's a muddle of the word 'Kaffi' - a Swedish slang word for coffee. We're not sure about that, but it seems FIKA's own muddle might have been their undoing.