Ravintola Kuappi - Veikonkatu 1 - Iisalmi - 2

Restaurant Kuappi - inside - Veikonkatu 1 - Iisalmi

Kuappi () is a

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located in

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, Finland. According to the ''

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'', it is the smallest restaurant in the world. The building has a footprint of , of which is indoors. The building originally served as a cabin for Finnish State Railways (now the

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) track inspectors and was built in 1907. It was later relocated from its trackside location to its current site in Iisalmi. For a long time, the building was known as Korkki. The interior features a

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, a television, one table for two, and a toilet. The space is fully licensed to serve alcohol and can accommodate two diners plus a waiter. In addition, there is a small outdoor terrace. In late May 2020, due to

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restrictions, it was announced that only one customer could be seated inside at a time during early summer. However, the outdoor terrace remained open to two guests, as it was not subject to the same limitations. The name ''Kuappi'' is derived from the Finnish word ''kaappi'', meaning "

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". In

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, the vowel sequence "aa" often changes to "ua", making ''kaappi'' become ''kuappi''.

Services

Kuappi is fully licensed to serve alcoholic beverages to customers. The restaurant offers a variety of dishes, including salads, hamburgers, fish, chicken, meat, and mushrooms. Notable menu items include fried vendace, hunter's steak sandwich, pork

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, and traditional Savonian blueberry "kukko" (''mustikkakukko''''Mustikkakukko, Blueberry Rye Pie''
/ref>) or chocolate cake for dessert. Due to the restaurant's extremely small size, it does not have its own kitchen. All food served at Kuappi is prepared in the kitchen of the adjacent restaurant, Olutmestari.

Kuappirock

In the summer of 2018, Kuappi organized ''Kuappirock'', the smallest rock music festival in the world. Only four tickets were sold for the event, which featured a single act: a one-man

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band called Impotent Givärs. Tickets were sold via an auction on

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, with bids reaching up to €125 for two tickets.

References

External links

Pictures of the restaurant
at Vaunut.org
Official website

Kuappi. Iisalmi, Finland. The smallest restaurant in the world

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