The story
Crafted with passion, served with love
Four Choices. No Compromises.
The math at 800 Grader is straightforward: two ovens, each running at 400 degrees Celsius, equals 800 degrees of combined heat. The menu is equally unambiguous — four pizzas, chalked up on the wall, which may rotate over time but never expand beyond that number. In a city full of restaurants that try to do everything, this Vasastan pizza spot has built its reputation on doing very little, very well.
The Room, the Crowd, the Pizza
Walk in and you'll find communal tables, a space that feels something like a school common room — compact, relaxed, entirely without pretension. Someone's waiting in the corner with their jacket still on, picking up a box. A couple of friends are sharing a plate of nduja, cooled with fresh mint. And somewhere in the middle of it all, someone has their eyes closed over a margherita — proper buffalo mozzarella, a crust that's charred and blistered at the edges in that particular way only a very hot oven produces.
White Guide has taken note, recommending 800 Grader and singling out details like the cavolo nero with kumquat citrus and well-balanced Aleppo pepper — the kind of precision that shows the limited menu is a considered choice, not a shortcut. The drinks list follows the same logic: a funky natural wine, a golden apple cider, a locally brewed beer — all of it at home alongside the pizza.
Three Locations, One Approach
What started on Sigtunagatan has since grown to Kocksgatan on Södermalm and, more recently, Adelsgatan in Visby. At those addresses, the pizza is also available by the slice. The Vasastan original remains the template: a neighbourhood pizza place where the neighbourhood actually shows up, and where four options on a chalk board turn out to be more than enough.
Recognition