Gwangju — Places to eat
Beef pancakes sizzling a block from the democracy square
- Songjeong Tteokgalbi (Original) — Songjeong tteokgalbi, grilled here since 1976
- Tteokgalbi Alley (1913 Songjeong Station Market) — An alley packed with about twenty tteokgalbi shops
- Hyundae Gukbap Songjeong — A tidy gukbap shop in the station market lane
- Yeongmi Oritang — Perilla-broth duck stew from Gwangju duck street
- Yudong Duck Soup Street — A lane of perilla-broth duck soup houses
- Jang Jin-woo Sikdang — Brisket oil pasta in a converted Dongmyeong house
- Gwangju Ok 1947 — Buckwheat pyeongyang naengmyeon and galbitang
- Gamae — Chef Ahn Yu-seong Japanese set meals and omakase
- Yangdong Tongdak — Old-style market chicken, with feet and gizzards
- Suil Tongdak — Yangdong Market whole-fried chicken, served half-and-half on a big plate
- Soya — Open-kitchen izakaya in Dongmyeong-dong: mazemen and clam sake steam
- Day Off Night — A dessert cafe in a converted Dongmyeong house
- Cream de Mill — A house-style brunch cafe in Dongmyeong-dong
- Cafe 304 — Own-roasted beans and egg tarts