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Wikipedia[3], MICHELIN Guide and Taste Korean Food[4] all give 1939 (a caption says 1938). Year-only, so estimated. The restaurant moved to its current Myeongdong premises in 2007 after redevelopment.
Published category scores for the exact venue; overall ratings are not copied into missing categories.[1]
Founded 1939, moved to Myeong-dong 2007[1]
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The resulting broth is light and fragrant, with a tinge of sweetness.
The broth is just delicious. It's a bowl of beefy umami goodness.
Its signature gomtang features a clean yet deeply savoury broth, generously filled with brisket, offal, and tripe.
Myeongdong gomtang shop founded in 1939, serving brisket, offal and tripe broth with rice in brass bowls until the soup runs out.[3]
Hadongkwan
Times are local to the restaurant.