Coffee
Cheongwon
Garden Forest
가든포레스트
A short path loops through a garden on the edge of the hills, and that, more than the coffee, is why people come, espec…
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Coffee
Cheongwon
가든포레스트
A short path loops through a garden on the edge of the hills, and that, more than the coffee, is why people come, espec…

우성순대
The sundae in the soup is the glass-noodle kind found at any snack stall, but it is springy, and with plenty of meat in…

호수가아름다운전망대
From high ground rather than the shore, this cafe takes in Chungju Lake's bends, layered islands and ridgelines in a si…

산마을
Verified menu Gondre rice₩12,000
Sanchae bibimbap (mountain greens over rice) and gondeure-bap (rice cooked with thistle greens) are built on local namu…

보리곳간
Barley rice cooked with some white rice goes into a bowl with seasoned greens, gets mixed with sesame oil and gochujang…

탄금대 왕갈비탕
Each earthenware bowl holds three or more big beef ribs, and the meat shows before the broth does. The beef is imported…

일번지순대국
Each bowl mixes glass-noodle chal-sundae with a traditional-style sausage (sundae is Korean blood sausage), so the bite…

제천시락국
A former Korea Express office built in 1941 survives as a registered national cultural heritage building, and it now ho…

더 대청호
The long window counter and the terrace all face Daecheong Lake and Oksabong Peak, and in season a fountain shoots up f…
Lamb BBQ
Cheongju
전통황실양고기
Staff tend the lamb ribs over the table grill, and the meat has only a mild lamb aroma. Grilled slices get wrapped in a…

더블루체어라운지
A blue grand piano and a book-cafe corner sit inside this roughly 300-pyeong space, and outside, a terrace with Fermob…

성남집
Since the menu is essentially salt-grilled pork, meat arrives almost as soon as you sit down. It is sliced thick to ord…

키와마루아지
The soft-boiled ajitamago on the Special Mi Ramen, a set white around a still-soft yolk, is good enough that people tal…
Cafe
Chungju
Jazz와산조
Since 1997 this cafe below Sajiksan in Chungju has played jazz alongside sanjo, solo Korean traditional instrumental mu…

진골짬뽕 전문점
Jingol jjamppong, a smoky, wok-fired spicy seafood noodle soup with a deep but not harsh broth, is the order here, and…
Restaurant
Cheongju
브리키
The seafood pilaf with baby octopus (jjukkumi) is generous even as a single order, with a gentle heat that people who a…
Cafe
Cheongju
후마니타스
Below Bumosan, beside Jubong Reservoir, a ramp leads down underground until floor-to-ceiling glass puts the pond and th…
Seafood
Cheongju
청주생선구이 정가네
Mackerel, hairtail and flounder go into a very hot oven and come out with dry, crackling skin over flesh that is still…

덕현칼국수
Clams, mussels, a whole squid and small octopus all go into the seafood kalguksu pot at once, and it starts out more li…
Cafe
Jincheon
뤁스퀘어
Plant-filled and built to hold big groups, this café and culture space in Iwol-myeon, Jincheon, draws mostly families:…
Restaurant
Cheongju
대명도리탕
Doritang, a spicy braised chicken stew, has long been the business of this spot in Bongmyeong-dong, Cheongju, and besid…
Restaurant
Cheongju
괴산식당
Cheongju has three restaurants called Goesan Sikdang, and unless you enter Sugok-dong, Seowon-gu in your navigation, yo…