Agern

{{Short description|Defunct Scandinavian restaurant in New York City}}

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| street-address = 89 East 42nd Street

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Agern was a Scandinavian restaurant in New York City.{{Cite web |last=Tervooren |first=Matt |date=August 22, 2022 |title=Agern Review - Midtown - New York |url=https://www.theinfatuation.com/new-york/reviews/agern |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=The Infatuation |language=en |archive-date=June 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604051551/https://www.theinfatuation.com/new-york/reviews/agern |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Platt |first=Adam |date=February 20, 2019 |title=Agern {{!}} New York Magazine {{!}} The Thousand Best |url=https://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/agern/ |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=New York Magazine |language=en-us |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706142242/https://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/agern/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Wells |first=Pete |date=August 2, 2016 |title=All Aboard the Nordic Express, at Agern |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/dining/agern-restaurant-review.html |access-date=August 2, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=July 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731175819/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/03/dining/agern-restaurant-review.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Agern – Restaurant Review |url=https://www.cntraveler.com/restaurants/new-york/agern |access-date=August 2, 2023 |website=Condé Nast Traveler |language=en-US |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919061022/https://www.cntraveler.com/restaurants/new-york/agern |url-status=live }} The restaurant opened in 2016 in the former men's smoking lounge of Grand Central Terminal.{{cite news |last=Dunlap |first=David W. |date=April 6, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/nyregion/nordic-food-court-rises-at-grand-central-with-an-order-to-leave-no-trace.html |title=Nordic Food Court Rises at Grand Central, With an Order to Leave No Trace |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=August 2, 2023}} After Agern closed, the restaurant Cornelius began operating in the space.{{cite web |date=April 29, 2022 |url=https://ny.eater.com/2022/4/1/23006123/nyc-restaurant-closings-april-2022 |title=Great Northern Food Hall Is Officially Out at Grand Central — and More Closings |website=Eater New York |access-date=August 2, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Fabricant |first=Florence |date=September 2, 2022 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/dining/new-york-city-fall-restaurant-preview.html |title=29 Reasons to Make a Date With a New York Restaurant |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=August 2, 2023}}