In 1655, the property was acquired by an Icelandic innkeeper and cook, Børge Nielsen, who opened a guesthouse under the name Vinkanden (The Wine Jug) at the site. The guesthouse was in 1678 sold by his widow to innkeeper Willum Schotte but he died just two years later. Vinkanden was then acquired by Aage Holm. He sold it to royal trumpeter Willum Viander. After his death, in 1714, Vinkabnden was sold at auction. The buyer was Torsten Thorsen Hedeland, an innkeeper and bargeman. The 8-bay, timber-framed building was completely destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728. The site was 17.5 m wide and 54 m deep at the deepest place.