List of oldest restaurants in South Korea

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This is a list of the oldest active restaurants in South Korea. For inclusion in the list, the restaurant must be currently active and located within South Korea proper, with relative consensus on the founding date and continuity of the restaurant since its founding.

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Few businesses are over 100 years old; this is possibly due to the 1910–1945 Japanese colonial period and 1950–1953 Korean War. [1]

List

YearRestaurantLocationCuisine/specialtyRef
c. 1904 [lower-alpha 1] Imun Seolnongtang Seoul Seolleongtang [2]
1910 Naju Gomtang Hayanjib Naju Naju gomtang [3]
1915 Hwangsanok Nonsan Seafood [4] [5]
1919 [lower-alpha 2] Naeho Naengmyeon Busan Milmyeon , naengmyeon [6] [7]
1920 Anilok Anseong Gukbap [8]
1924 Cheonil Sikdang Haenam County Hanjeongsik [9]
1924 Hamyangzip Ulsan Jinju bibimbap, hoe [10]
1925 Jin A Chun Seoul Korean Chinese cuisine [2]
1927 Cheonhwang Sikdang Jinju Jinju bibimbap [11]
1930 Samdae Gwangyang Bulgogijip Gwangyang Gwangyang bulgogi [12]
1932 Yonggeumok Seoul Chueo-tang [2]
1932 Eunhosikdang Seoul Kkori-gomtang [2]
1932 Sinsikdang Damyang County Tteok-galbi [13]
1933 Jaembaeok Seoul Seolleongtang [2]
1937 Cheongjinok Seoul Haejang-guk [2]
1939 Hanilkwan Seoul Bulgogi , galbi [2]
1946 Woo Lae Oak Seoul Pyongyang naengmyeon [14]
1947 Buyeojip Seoul Gomtang , seolleongtang [15] [16]
1949 Mapo Ok Seoul Seolleongtang [17]
1952 Samyang Dabang Jeonju Coffeehouse [lower-alpha 3] [18]
1954 [lower-alpha 4] Sinheunggwan Busan Korean Chinese cuisine [19]
1956 Hakrim Dabang Seoul Coffeehouse [lower-alpha 5] [20] [21]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Date given by the Seoul Metropolitan Government; conflicting reports of start dates.
  2. ↑ Founding date for restaurant's predecessor, which was founded in what became North Korea, relocated to South Korea in 1950 and restarted in 1953.
  3. ↑ Oldest active coffeehouse in South Korea
  4. ↑ Oldest restaurant in Haeundae.
  5. ↑ Oldest active coffeehouse in Seoul

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