Ministry of SMEs and Startups Selects Four 'Baeknyeon Gage' Locations in Gumi City

Geumosan-gil, Bokteojin House, Kim Taeju Seonsan Gopchang, Pyeongyang Abai Sundae Gukbap Selected

A total of 11 locations selected... Preferential support including consulting, education, finance, and promotion

Kim Jang-ho, Mayor of Gumi (third from the left), attending the plaque ceremony held at Bokteojinjip on the 15th to celebrate the selection as a Century-old Store.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] In Gumi City, this year, the Ministry of SMEs and Startups selected Geumosan-gil, Kim Taeju Seonsan Gopchang, Bokteojin Jip, and Pyeongyang Abai Sundae Gukbap as Baeknyeon Gage (Century-old Stores).

The newly selected Baeknyeon Gage are conducting plaque ceremonies according to schedule, and Mayor Kim Jang-ho attended the plaque ceremony held at Bokteojin Jip on the 15th to celebrate the selection of the Baeknyeon Gage.

"Geumosan-gil" is the first establishment in the Geumosan Baeksuk Street and is a baeksuk specialty restaurant that has been passed down through four generations. "Kim Taeju Seonsan Gopchang" is the original of the local representative dish Seonsan Gopchang, with 47 franchise stores nationwide, and its representative menu is gopchang jeongol (beef tripe hot pot).

"Bokteojin Jip" is a pufferfish cuisine specialty restaurant with 20 years of tradition and is a representative pufferfish restaurant in Gumi with 10 directly managed stores in Daegu and Gyeongbuk. "Pyeongyang Abai Sundae Gukbap" is a safe restaurant that has been making and selling sundae (Korean blood sausage) for 20 years and specializes in sundae gukbap.

Mayor Kim Jang-ho of Gumi congratulated Geumosan-gil, Bokteojin Jip, Kim Taeju Seonsan Gopchang, and Pyeongyang Abai Sundae Gukbap on their selection as Baeknyeon Gage, saying, "I hope they will be reborn as nationally representative restaurants from local popular restaurants and become Baeknyeon Gage representing Gumi," encouraging them.

Including the four selected this year, Gumi City has a total of 11 Baeknyeon Gage, and stores designated as Baeknyeon Gage can receive customized consulting, education, financial support, and facility improvement projects through the Small Enterprise and Market Service.

Baeknyeon Gage refers to stores that have maintained their legacy for more than 30 years and have continuously received customers' love, officially certified by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups for their excellence and growth potential.

Baeknyeon Gage and Baeknyeon Small Business Owners can also be nominated directly by the public through a national recommendation system (with more than 20 years of business experience for Baeknyeon Gage).

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