Cheongju — Places to eat
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- Wonsan Naengmyeon — Old-school Cheongju naengmyeon with dumplings
- Sinmi Mandu — Three dishes, lard-fried dumplings
- Sangdangjip — Homemade tofu below the fortress walls
- Unchun Haejangguk Main Branch — Rich pork-bone soup, plus a seafood version
- Bukil Gomtang — Butcher-run gomtang, known for yukhoe bibimbap
- Sangjujip — Since 1971, one bowl of freshwater snail soup
- Dangjo — A Chinese old-timer with clear-sauce tangsuyuk
- Cheongu Hanwoo — Hanwoo grill, plus lunch gomtang and yukhoe bibimbap
- Hanwooman — Buy beef at the butcher, pay a table fee, grill it
- Namju-dong Haejangguk — Cauldron hangover soup from long-boiled bone and tripe
- Daemyeong Sundae — A no-frills sundae-gukbap counter in Bukbu Market
- Keunmam Halmae Sundaeguk Osong Station — Clear-broth sundae soup, heavy on meat
- Seomun Udong — Third-generation udong and old-style jjajangmyeon
- OHJI — A bakery cafe with a rooftop above Suamgol
- KEIKI — A cream-cake cafe off Seongan-gil