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A spacious, retro-style beer pub near Sadang Station, known for chicken, dried-fish snacks, and traditional tea served by day.

봉주르 has the feel of a neighborhood place that changes pace with the day. By daylight, it leans toward traditional tea and simple meals; after dark, it becomes a beer-and-chicken stop, with enough room and table dividers to make a larger gathering feel less like a crowd. Set on the second floor, it pairs a roomy, old-school hof atmosphere with window seats looking out over the street. The chicken is the headline for an evening visit. One guest chose bone-in half-and-half, with fried chicken alongside a second style, while the menu also lists garlic-soy chicken, wings and boneless scallion chicken. For a lighter round with beer, the dry snacks are a natural fit: crisp, savory meoktae, dried squid with peanuts, or sliced jwi-po to pick at between sips. A visit need not be all fried food, either; the menu includes golbaengi salad, fish cake soup, assorted fries and an old-fashioned-style pork cutlet. That pork cutlet also points to 봉주르’s daytime character: a familiar Western-style plate rather than the thick Japanese-style cutlet now common elsewhere. The tea offers a quieter alternative. A blog describes the traditional teas as house-made, simmered for hours, and another calls out a rich jujube tea served in a generous bowl-sized cup. Those details give the place an unusual range for a hof: a group can come for beer and anju, while someone at the same table can choose tea instead. The room is often described as spacious, with partitioned tables suited to private-feeling meetups and group dinners. It is not a hushed cocktail bar; think of a classic beer hall, where the choice runs from a full chicken order to a few chewy, salty snacks and a glass of draft beer. At 봉주르, the appeal is that the menu and mood can shift from slow tea to a lively second round without changing address.