Behind the ACC, a lane of old villas filled with roastery cafes and bars — Gwangju's Hongdae, nicknamed 'Dongridan-gil.' Coffee by day, bars by night. Each autumn it hosts the 'Dongmyeong Coffee Walk' festival.
“When the ACC opened, the back lanes woke up all at once.”
Dongmyeong-dong was old Gwangju's wealthy quarter. When the ACC opened in 2015, the villas behind it were converted into roastery cafes, dessert shops, and bars, earning the nickname 'Dongridan-gil.' One cafe owner says, “We didn't copy Seoul's Seongsu — we kept the old houses' bones, and that's the difference.” Distinctive roastery coffee by day shifts to lane bars by evening. Busiest during the autumn 'Dongmyeong Coffee Walk.'
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Behind the ACC — a natural coffee coda after visiting.
More cafes now have English menus. Parking is hard — walk or transit.
Peaks on the autumn 'Dongmyeong Coffee Walk' weekends (around October).
