Is the Yaksu store's basement cafe only for store customers?
When people hear about a cafe attached to a store, they usually think of a place to take a quick break while shopping. It gives peace of mind to know in advance whether it is an area anyone can enter and who uses the space.
The Yaksu store's basement cafe is a space used not only by store customers, but also by brand employees and neighborhood residents together.
Heading down to the basement leads to a canteen and garden. And right from that spot, a spiral steel staircase goes directly up to the 1st-floor terrace[1]. Mirae Building, the Yaksu-dong headquarters, consists of the basement canteen and garden, the store, workshop, and terrace on the 1st and 2nd floors, and the 3rd-floor 'Mirae Project' where various activities are held[2]. Connecting the basement directly to the ground floor with a single staircase allows people to move between the two levels without having to step out onto the street and come back in.
This configuration came out of the comprehensive renewal conducted on 2024-05-08[3]. Taking a 1980s Los Angeles mansion in the United States as its concept, this space was reimagined as a 'mansion for everyone' together with the Wildduck in The Lake team that operates Café Wildduck[4]. 'Wild Duck Canteen' is scheduled to move into the basement dining area[5].
Therefore, at Cafe Wildduck, LOW CLASSIC employees and neighborhood residents sit side by side to chat and take a rest[6]. hmmm, the fact that the name of the team that co-created the space remains as the name of the dining space established within it truly explains the phrase 'a mansion for everyone' — because the collaboration does not simply end with the renewal, but continues to stay in that place.
The operating hours of Wild Duck Canteen and how to use it without passing through the store have not yet been confirmed.