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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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 Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:32 am Post subject: Hongdae Carne Station gone?? |
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I tried searching this but had no luck!
A friend called me and said that Carne Station in Hongdae closed down, they're becoming a seafood restaurant!!
This is horrible news!
We have 25 people getting together next month for a joint Birthday bash and this was the location for the party! We were calling it "Carne Station Carnage", last year as a birthday that has been talked about since! It's hubby's last big blast out before baby comes, and I want him to have the best time and last year was so much fun, we figured this was perfect!
I checked their website and they only have 2 locations now, MyeongDong and Gangnam! Has anyone been to these locations? Specifically MyeongDong?
This is so sad! |
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Lekker
Joined: 09 Feb 2008
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| Carne Station in Gangnam is the same as the former one in Hongdae. Only difference is that it is not in Hongdae but in Gangnam. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| huh....there was just a thread about this restaurant last week. Gone now, eh. I wonder why the decided to pack it in. Losing money mabe. |
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runlikegump
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:15 am Post subject: |
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| Good riddance. That place was a cesspool - between the double-dippers at the sauce stations and the obnoxious drunks, hands down the worst 25 bucks ever spent. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:22 am Post subject: |
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| runlikegump wrote: |
| Good riddance. That place was a cesspool - between the double-dippers at the sauce stations and the obnoxious drunks, hands down the worst 25 bucks ever spent. |
Not too clean or civil, eh?
Never got around to trying the place out for myself. |
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tigerbluekitty
Joined: 19 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:44 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, they were probably losing money because of its huge foreign customer base. I noticed Westerners eat a whole lot more than their Korean counterparts who just sit there, take a few bites and sip on soju. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| tigerbluekitty wrote: |
| Yeah, they were probably losing money because of its huge foreign customer base. I noticed Westerners eat a whole lot more than their Korean counterparts who just sit there, take a few bites and sip on soju. |
That and westerners have a habit of pounding half a bottle or more of bourbon/whisky/vodka or a hell load of beer or wine whilst they're there. Most westerners I know regarded it as a $25 all you can drink hard liquor buffet with some free barbecue on the side. I know I got more than $25 worth of value when I visited there (going by supermarket prices for what I consumed) |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: |
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| KumaraKitty wrote: |
A friend called me and said that Carne Station in Hongdae closed down, they're becoming a seafood restaurant!!
This is horrible news!
It's hubby's last big blast out before baby comes, and I want him to have the best time and last year was so much fun, we figured this was perfect!
This is so sad! |
Well what's the big boo-hoo? So you all have seafood instead. Hey, seafood is healthier than meat, you know. I'll betcha the new place specialises in live octopus, hacked to wriggly pieces & smothered in red pepper sauce. mmm-MMM!
| tigerbluekitty wrote: |
| Yeah, they were probably losing money because of its huge foreign customer base. I noticed Westerners eat a whole lot more than their Korean counterparts who just sit there, take a few bites and sip on soju. |
Could be. If I were the owner, I might post big "Foreigners Not Welcome" signs outside. Hey, I gotta save my business! And besides, it's not like the police or anyone is ever going to make me take them down. Either that or jack up the fare to 50, ~ 70,000 won. Or charge extra for the booze. Gotta do sump'm.
I was here before the very first Carne Station opened and I've watched the gradual changes take place in terms of the variety of food items, the meal-shift scheduling, and the racial composition of their customers. My visits have become increasingly infrequent and random over the years, and I'm always struck by what a serious foreigner hangout that place has become -- and not unrelated to that, by how much more fascistly the management enforces the meal seating shifts. I don't recall ever seeing the management back in the 1990s send in the goon squad to roust diners out when their time was up, but now I see it almost every time I go. And I've only seen groups of foreigners (including those I was with) given the bum's rush. Never saw them have to shoo Korean customers out the door.
| runlikegump wrote: |
| Good riddance. That place was a cesspool - between the double-dippers at the sauce stations and the obnoxious drunks, hands down the worst 25 bucks ever spent. |
I've got mixed feelings about the closing of Carne Station branches. I certainly don't want to see fewer dining options for people, even if I don't eat much meat anymore. And Carne Station is a good, logical choice for big noisy gatherings. On the other hand, I did find myself caring less and less for that whole "mess hall cattle-trough" routine. That and I get less & less value for my money there, because I have dwindling patience for things like... having to position one's self at the food trough for 5 minutes while the staff slowly replenishes "the good meat", only to have a squadron of ajummas swoop down from out of nowhere and carry off half a cow on three plates before you can snag 2 servings.
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| That and westerners have a habit of pounding half a bottle or more of bourbon/whisky/vodka or a hell load of beer or wine whilst they're there. Most westerners I know regarded it as a $25 all you can drink hard liquor buffet with some free barbecue on the side. |
Have they changed it, or do they still sell those weird off-brands of booze? I'm personally not much of a brand snob when it comes to that, but damn, they stock brands I've never even heard of. |
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tiger fancini
Joined: 21 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| Most westerners I know regarded it as a $25 all you can drink hard liquor buffet with some free barbecue on the side. |
That, and also a chance to stock up on home-supplies too. I remember waking up one Sunday morning post-Carne, and finding a full bottle of 'Evan Williams' (Carne Stations proto-JD bourbon) on my bedside table. |
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Donkey Beer
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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| tiger fancini wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
| Most westerners I know regarded it as a $25 all you can drink hard liquor buffet with some free barbecue on the side. |
That, and also a chance to stock up on home-supplies too. I remember waking up one Sunday morning post-Carne, and finding a full bottle of 'Evan Williams' (Carne Stations proto-JD bourbon) on my bedside table. |
You're not the only one. It's no surprise they decided to call it quits. |
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collegeboy
Joined: 06 Jun 2007
Location: Janhangpyeong - East Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| you guys all need to relax...we tried to reserve there for this weekend and were informed that it will be closed for 2 weeks for renovations, and then the person working there advised we go to the kangnam carne instead...so dont worry the legendary carne station in hongdae will not be closing |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:35 pm Post subject: |
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| collegeboy wrote: |
| you guys all need to relax...we tried to reserve there for this weekend and were informed that it will be closed for 2 weeks for renovations, and then the person working there advised we go to the kangnam carne instead...so dont worry the legendary carne station in hongdae will not be closing |
Duhh HUH??? You're saying it's NOT going to be replaced by an all-the-live-octopus-you-can-eat joint?? Well goddamn damnity damn it, who started that disinformation campaign in the first place??!  (frankly, it's just the sort of stupid hoax I'd pull) |
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chachee99
Joined: 20 Oct 2004
Location: Seoul Korea
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Nope it is still there. I was there on Saturday. I liked the all you drink special, but for some reason the alcohol tasted horrible, like it was home made. |
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KumaraKitty
Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:59 am Post subject: |
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I was told from someone who was there this past weekend it was changing to seafood but the alcohol was no longer going to be all you can drink.
For a group of 25, wanting to have a blast-out of a birthday party, grilled meat and loads of cheap booze were ideal! Seafood is all well and good, but there are many people who either have allergies or don't like it. Anyways, looks like they're going to move the party to Gangnam. |
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Shimokitazawa
Joined: 14 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| chachee99 wrote: |
| Nope it is still there. I was there on Saturday. I liked the all you drink special, but for some reason the alcohol tasted horrible, like it was home made. |
so it's still open. |
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