Youth Startup Restaurant in Sinchon Boxquare Opens on April 1

Seodaemun-gu Collaborates with eFoodLab and Ewha Womans University to Open Restaurant on April 1... 12 Teams to Operate Two Free-Service Locations for 1-2 Months Each Until Year-End with Consulting on Menu Development, Ingredient Procurement, Cooking, Sales, and Kitchen Equipment Support

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Seodaemun-gu (Mayor Moon Seok-jin) announced on the 23rd that the Youth Startup Restaurant located in ‘Sinchon Box Square’ in front of Sinchon Station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line will open on April 1st this year to welcome customers, following 2019 and 2020.

Earlier, a consortium consisting of Seodaemun-gu, Ewha Womans University, and E-Food Lab was selected for the third consecutive year in January as the ‘Food Service Startup Incubating Project Operator’ by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation.

The district provides two stores within Sinchon Box Square (22-5 Sinchon Station-ro) free of charge as ‘Youth Startup Restaurants’ so that prospective entrepreneurs in the food service sector can operate actual stores, reduce trial and error, and open the path to successful startups.

This year, a total of 12 teams, including six university student teams and six youth teams selected through a public contest, will operate the restaurants sequentially for one to two months each until December.

These teams receive support not only for the stores but also consulting for menu development, ingredient procurement, cooking, hygiene, sales, and profit and loss calculation, as well as kitchen equipment.

The menus they will present are diverse, including smoothie bowls, tofu burritos, tofu gangjeong, and vegan pasta.

Up to last year, a total of 18 teams operated the Youth Startup Restaurants, among which ‘Veggie Bear’ and ‘Chunky Pie’ succeeded in actual startups by opening stores on the second floor of Sinchon Box Square.

Also, ‘Bake Bean’, ‘Soy I am Veggie’, and ‘Sumilli’ have opened online stores with customer support and are preparing for offline startups.

Moon Seok-jin, Mayor of Seodaemun-gu, said, “We will carry out incubation through organic public-private-academic cooperation to provide practical help to the teams operating the Youth Startup Restaurants.”

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