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TiCo

띠꼬 Ttikko An Italian-style sandwich counter in North Seongsu that bills itself as Korea's first offal sandwich shop.

Western · Seongdong-gu, Seongsu-dong 1-ga

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TiCo is a sandwich counter in a single unit on the ground floor of an apartment arcade, a few minutes' walk from Ttukseom station. It bills itself as Korea's first offal sandwich shop, putting beef and pork innards into a baguette after Florence's lampredotto and Palermo's pani ca' meusa. The owner is a fiction — Matteo Kim, an Italian who loves Korea — and the writing about the place begins when tvN's Sixth Sense: City Tour 2 aired in October 2025. The posts we read run from November 2025 to April 2026.

The basics

Address서울특별시 성동구 상원길 80, 성수동동아그린아파트 상가동 가단지 1층 102호 (성수동1가)
80 Sangwon-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul
Phone0507-1465-2230
Typical spend₩3,500 – ₩11,900
Floor area52 m²
StatusIn business

11 posts say it is walkable from the station.

When it opens

Open11:00–17:30 2 of 9 posts last seen 2026-03
OpenWeekends11:30–20:30 7 of 9 posts last seen 2025-12
Last order17:10 2 of 8 posts last seen 2026-03
Last order20:10 5 of 8 posts last seen 2025-11

Counted from what bloggers wrote in their posts; we did not confirm it with the restaurant. Where the values differ, it may be a change over time rather than a disagreement, so we show when each one was written.

What sets it apart

  1. Half of what is said about this place is that it does not taste gamy. Where the offal comes from is written up in the shop, and post after post copies it out: tripe and lung from Korean beef, pork maw, fetched from the Majang-dong meat market. One writer reports a two-day simmer. Several reach for the same comparison — the lung you get with sundae — and that familiarity seems to be the point. It is not a foreign dish so much as a known taste in an unfamiliar shape.
  2. Running out matters more here than queueing. Posts about a wait sit next to posts about an empty room, but what comes up more often is arriving late to find the sandwiches gone. One found even the coleslaw sold out; one, at two on a Sunday, could only order the two kinds left; one found a sold-out notice taped to the door. The owner cooks alone, by several accounts, and more than one writer advises phoning first if you are going late in the day.
  3. You order, pour and clear up yourself. A small kiosk at the counter takes the order, water and drinks come out of the fridge, and the plate goes back by the kitchen. What is striking is how many writers inventory the self-service bar: gloves, wet wipes, hot sauce, mints, hair ties, a phone stand, hand warmers in cold weather. This is food you eat with your hands. The till also offers to halve the sandwich, and parties of two order that way again and again.
  4. For Seongsu, several writers call it cheap. The cheapest sandwich is under ten thousand won and the dearest under twelve. Combos add a drink, and a 'dopamine size' doubles the filling for a surcharge. A November 2025 post and a March 2026 post carry the same prices, so nothing moved across the five months we read — though these figures come from the posts, not from the shop.

What 25 bloggers said

We read all 25 in full. The most common claims are “Friendly staff” (12) and “Roomy” (7).

What they liked

Friendly staff12 of 25 posts
Roomy7 of 25 posts
Clean and spacious5 of 25 posts
Large portions4 of 25 posts
Not expensive3 of 25 posts
Quiet2 of 25 posts
Returning customer1 of 25 posts

What they struggled with

Food comes slowly1 of 25 posts

Where they disagree

Had to waityes 3 · no 4

Things you can check on site

Beer served11 of 25 posts
Origin labelling posted11 of 25 posts
Reachable by transit11 of 25 posts
Self-order screen7 of 25 posts
Takeout6 of 25 posts
Open kitchen4 of 25 posts
Signed celebrity photos3 of 25 posts
Discount offered3 of 25 posts
Review event3 of 25 posts
Cooked to order2 of 25 posts
Parking capacity2 of 25 posts — saying it is not
Separate restrooms2 of 25 posts
Wi-Fi2 of 25 posts
Large windows1 of 25 posts

These are raw counts, not percentages. Someone who did not mention something is not someone who disagreed.

The prices here are what bloggers wrote down in their posts, and they may have changed since. Check Naver Place for the current menu and prices. This list is not a menu board — it counts what bloggers actually ordered and ate. Check on Naver Place

Parking

7 posts say you can park; 2 say you cannot. We leave the disagreement standing rather than picking a side.

Posts saying you can park7 of 25 posts
Posts saying you cannot2 of 25 posts

Some say you can park, some say you cannot. One points to a shared residents' car park immediately to the right of the shop; others add that it holds very few cars, or that it is unclear whether outsiders may use it. One writer puts the nearby public car park at ₩900 per half hour and calls that as good as free; another says there is no public car park around here and tells you to take the subway. One warns that past weekend lunchtime there is nowhere left.

Who came, and with whom

Group visit7 of 25 posts
Date6 of 25 posts
Family visit1 of 25 posts
Solo visit1 of 25 posts

Getting there

Map showing where TiCo is

Naver Map has a full English mode — Settings → Language → English. In Korea it gives better walking and transit directions than Google Maps.

Getting inside

Toilet insideyes 0 · no 1
Separate restrooms2 of 25 posts

No one says whether you can get in with a wheelchair or a pushchair. Several record that it is on the ground floor of an apartment arcade, but not one mentions a threshold, a door width or a ramp. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.

No one mentioned: Second floor · In a basement · Lift to the floor · Ramp at the door · Step at the entrance · Step-free access · Accessible toilet. That is not the same as there being none — it means we could not confirm it. Worth calling ahead, and do tell us: we will put it here.

How to read these posts

  • Posts saying they paid themselves3 of 25 posts
  • Posts saying nothing either way22 of 25 posts

Posts that followed a TV spot

Of the 27 posts we gathered, 2 went up on a single day right after a TV spot and show no sign of a visit. They retell the broadcast, so we left them out of the counts.

We do not discard them. That a TV spot produced a burst of posts is itself something worth knowing about a place, and a star rating will not show it.

When the posts appeared

111201020304
Month by month
MonthPosts
2025-1113
2025-123
2026-013
2026-022
2026-031
2026-043

What we do not know

  • One post says the door was shut in April 2026. On 21 April a writer describes going back with a friend who had enjoyed it, finding the shop not trading, and learning that business had been suspended for the time being. No reason is given. The latest account of an actual visit we read is from 8 April, and there is nothing after it. Whether it has reopened we could not confirm — check before you go.
  • The evening service went away. Posts from November 2025 almost all give 8.30pm, last orders 8.10, closed Mondays. From late December the same shop closes at 5.30 with last orders at 5.10, and one writer complains outright that you can no longer eat there in the evening. The rest day disagrees too: most say Monday, but one post from March 2026 says Sunday. Which holds now, we could not confirm.
  • Where the toilet is, the posts disagree. Two say there are separate men's and women's rooms, but both are copying the shop's listing. A writer who actually went says it is outside the shop: through a church entrance, a keypad code, up to a half-landing. Inside or outside, we could not settle.
  • There is only the one floor. Several posts copy out the address — unit 102, ground floor of building Ga — and none describe an upstairs or a basement, nor any stairs climbed or descended. Picture a single room with two long tables and a scatter of small ones; whether there is a step at the door, as above, nobody says.
  • Not one post discloses sponsorship. Three say they paid for themselves; the other twenty-four say nothing either way, and saying nothing is not the same as taking nothing. Three do mention a tiramisu given for posting a Naver or Google review, and one of them ate it, so some of this was written by people who had received something. A handful of posts from the same stretch of days also repeat the same marketing phrase through title and body without any disclosure attached.

Sources (25)

Every number above was counted from the posts below.

  1. 식스센스 씨티투어2에 소개 되었지만 영업을 중단한 내장샌드위치.... 2026-04-21 · 대충대충~~ 철부지 으린이의 이야기
  2. 이색 이탈리아 음식 추천, 뚝섬 맛집 'TiCo 띠꼬'에서 만나는 피렌체 내장 샌드위치 2026-04-18 · 기억을 위한 기록 · via Daum
  3. 성수동 내장 샌드위치 전문점(TiCo 띠꼬) 2026-04-08 · Rena의 맛있는 식사..
  4. [서울 성수/뚝섬/서울숲] 졸라게 신기한 이탈리아 샌드위치 띠꼬 성수 이색데이트,메뉴추천,웨이팅,주차 2026-03-06 · 준박의 맛집찾기 · via Daum
  5. [뚝섬/북성수]TiCo띠꼬 - 내장 샌드위치 맛집 2026-02-06 · 맛릴레오 먹릴레이 · via Daum
  6. 뚝섬역 근처 내장 샌드위치 띠꼬(TiCo) - 새로운 샌드위치이지만 익숙해서 더 맛있는 샌드위치~ - 2026-02-01 · Another Life II · via Daum
  7. [띠꼬][고든램지버거 롯데월드몰] 서울 성수, 잠실 샌드위치, 버거 포장 내돈내산 솔직후기 2026-01-22 · DADADA · via Daum
  8. [띠꼬] 내장 샌드위치라고 멈칫하지말고 일단 맛 봐줘...성수동 숨은.... 2026-01-17 · 인생은 덕질이다
  9. [서울 성수] 뚝섬역 근처 내장샌드위치 띠꼬(TICO) 2026-01-11 · 지니의 일상 · via Daum
  10. 북성수 맛집 추천 [띠꼬TiCo] 🌮/내장 샌드위치/내장버거/성수 맛집/식스센스 2025-12-26 · 도딩이꺼 · via Daum
  11. 너무 궁금했던 성수동 띠꼬(TICO) 방문!!!! 2025-12-21 · 다대의 해방일기
  12. 내장으로 만들었는데 맛있다구요. 성수 샌드위치 '띠꼬' 2025-12-02 · 빼어날병수 · via Daum
  13. 식스센스 진짜 가게! 성수동 내장버거 TiCo 띠꼬 방문 후기 ✨ 2025-11-26 · 사소한 즐거움
  14. 🌭식스센스 성수 맛집 이탈리안 내장 샌드위치 파는 '띠꼬(Tico)' 북성수 데이트 후기 2025-11-25 · easykase님의 블로그 · via Daum
  15. [성수역 맛집] TiCo 띠꼬 2025-11-23 · •••
  16. 북성수데이트코스 이태리 시골감성 내장샌드위치 북성수맛집. TiCo 띠꼬 2025-11-23 · 아이와 함께 자라는 중 · via Daum
  17. tvn 식스센스에 나온 북성수데이트코스 내장샌드위치 TiCo 띠꼬 2025-11-22 · TJC-LJL5HY 이야기가 있는 여행 마레모레 · via Daum
  18. 북성수 맛집 Tico 띠꼬 성수 식스센스 내장 샌드위치 직접 다녀옴 2025-11-22 · 마리의 소비 일지 · via Daum
  19. 식스센스 성수 띠꼬 북성수 샌드위치 맛집 2025-11-21 · Maison de Me · via Daum
  20. 북성수 맛집 이탈리아 내장 샌드위치 띠꼬 Tico 🇮🇹 2025-11-21 · toma · via Daum
  21. 이태리 현지인 맛집 느낌 제대로 담긴 Tico 띠꼬 북성수맛집 샌드위치 추천 2025-11-19 · 풍요로운 나날들 · via Daum
  22. [Tico 띠꼬] 한국 최초의 내장 샌드위치 - 북성수 이색맛집 2025-11-16 · Diary · via Daum
  23. 성수동 맛집 식스센스 시티투어2 내장샌드위치 묘한 대체불가 띠꼬 2025-11-09 · EveryThingWhere
  24. 띠꼬 | 성수 예측불가 특이한 내장 샌드위치 맛집 식스센스 시티투어2 2025-11-09 · ddubbu · via Daum
  25. [맛집] 식스센스 방영된 성수 내장샌드위치 '띠꼬(Tico)' 방문 후기 2025-11-07 · 일상기록

Of 259 candidate posts we opened 40 and kept 25 as evidence. We stop once 30 are confirmed: beyond that the counts grow in proportion without changing the answer.