Coffee roastery brings live music to northeastern Seoul

“Seoul's live music scene has mostly been clustered in the west, which is quite a pain for people living in other parts of the city. For those in the northeast, a small cafe in Nowon District's Gongneung-dong has been working to make live music more accessible. Hoi Polloi is not the kind of cafe you'd want to go for quiet time or to study. "We’ve ended up developing the interior space of the shop to be a bit uncomfortable for students to study in — only a couple outlets, the music can get kinda loud, the baking and general barista operations are often loud, our team is all friendly and talkative and we more or less welcome a lively crowd as opposed to a quiet workspace," Chris Rettig, co-owner of the cafe, told The Korea Times. Hoi Polloi, which has been around for about seven years, including under a couple other names earlier on, got its current name after Rettig was listening to one of his favorite bands, The Most Serene Republic, and the song "Anhoi Polloi" came on. "At the time, I actually didn’t know what 'hoi polloi' meant," he admitted. "After some digging, I realized that '

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