Bar Schiacciate is a Gothenburg restaurant built around schiacciata, a crispy, salty Tuscan bread. Founded in 2023, the business set out to bring a piece of Italy’s relaxed food culture to Sweden. It bakes the bread fresh each morning and fills it with classic Italian ingredients, including mortadella, stracciatella, pistachio cream, olive oil and sea salt.

The menu is based on a few carefully selected ingredients, with balance, texture and craftsmanship at its centre. The result is sandwiches that are simple in expression but rich in flavour, according to Visit Sweden. For visitors, the main choice is which combination of bread and fillings to try. The named ingredients include meat, cheese, pistachio cream, olive oil and sea salt, giving a sense of the Italian flavours the restaurant uses. Bar Schiacciate also runs restaurants in Stockholm and Uppsala, so its Gothenburg address is one branch of a business with locations in three Swedish cities.